Spokane is the largest city in the Inland Northwest, and means "Children of the Sun". Native Americans settled along the Spokane River before the 1700s for fishing and hunting. In 1810, Jacques Finlay arived in Spokane with orders to build a small trading post named the Spokane House. November 1881, the city was incorporated as the city of Spokane Falls, but in 1891, the city dropped the 'Falls' from it's name, becoming Spokane. |