In a 2008 interview, King Cole, the prime mover behind Expo ‘74, describes the sad state of the Spokane River, and the city’s main street, Riverside Avenue, when he first arrived in Spokane in the 1960s. Later in the 1970s, when he traveled to Russia during the Cold War to convince the Soviets to host an exhibition hall at the world’s fair, he realized Spokane was much better off.
Your gift to Second Harvest earns you a view of history February 28, 2012 1Cole’s zeal for family, city lauded December 24, 2010 1Friends, family remember King Cole December 23, 2010
Flags lowered in honor of Cole December 21, 2010
King Cole, “Father of Expo ‘74,” dies December 20, 2010 4Deadlines near on YMCA’s fate February 21, 2010 12Yake, 90, helped reshape Spokane December 29, 2009 4
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