Inland Northwesterners had chance to be territorial
Slice-meister Paul Turner is taking some time off this month, but don’t despair: In his absence, we’re rerunning some of the tastier tidbits from this date in Slice history. Today’s sampling:
FROM 2004:
On this day in 1848, Congress made Oregon a territory. At that time, the woodsy spots on the map that would one day become Spokane and Coeur d’Alene were in Oregon.
Makes you wonder how things might be different today if those boundaries hadn’t changed. Just imagine the battles over motorcycle helmet laws, beverage container deposits and college names.
FROM 1999:
Too bad there’s not a scene of Richard Nixon opening Expo ‘74 in the movie “Dick.”
FROM 1997:
Bold prediction: The closing of Grand Boulevard will prompt a surge in sales of personal helicopters.
FROM 1995:
What’s the aggregate distance fortysomething Inland Northwest men’s hairlines advance in one day?