Wintery adventures and disasters featured in Spokane Library display
WINTER SPORTS -- The Spokane Downtown Library's Northwest Room is featuring a timely display celebrating winter in the Northwest, including a lot of snowy outdoor recreation.
Winter weather conditions have long created both challenges and opportunities for Northwest residents. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw greater hazards than the present, with less than ideal equipment and poor roads.
Winter recreation then and now included skiing, sledding, ice skating, hockey, snowshoeing, hunting, and outdoor work.
This exhibit combines photos of fun in the snow with disasters such as avalanches on railroad tracks. Come and see these images from winters past--you might be surprised at how familiar they look.
The Northwest Room is on the second floor of the Downtown Library.
WHEN: January 11-March 31
TIME: Northwest Room Hours
LOCATION: Downtown
Call 444-5338.