Chief Spokan Garry School

Chief Garry opened a small school at this location in 1930. It was 50 feet by 20 feet with poles and tule reed mats sewn together for a covering. Five years earlier, Garry was shipped off by the Hudson’s Bay Co. to the Red River Missionary School near Winnipeg and educated. He was a teacher and missionary to his people for 60 years. Drumheller Springs Park, where the monument is located, was a traditional camping spot for the Spokanes and was located on a north-south trail from Spokane Falls to spots downstream on the Spokane and Little Spokane rivers.

If you drive north to the last stop, consider native people moving back and forth from their seasonal camp sites in the vicinity of Indian Trail Road.