n i t e l l u B o b o H Hillyard’s Published by Pam Farnsworth [email protected]

Volume 1 Issue 16

September 5, 2010

MORGAN ACRES NORTH SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD Morgan Acres is a semi-rural neighborhood directly north of the Hillyard neighborhood. Unlike Hillyard, Morgan Acres was never annexed by the City of Spokane. It retains a unique character. The neighborhood dates back to real estate schemes devised by local business entrepreneurs, including Daniel Morgan, for whom it is named. The biggest draw for the real estate was water pulled up from the Spokane Aquifer through wells built by the developers. For many years the Morgan Acres neighborhood has resisted urbanization. Nonetheless, modern infill has crept into many of the former open fields, but one can still spot a cow or a chicken here and there.

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Introduction: For thousands of years an area north of Spokane, bounded roughly by State Hwy 2 on the west, Market Street on the east, Francis Ave on the south, and Farwell Road to the north, lay virtually untouched by man, even avoided by American Indians, who once dwelt in winter villages along the nearby rivers and streams. Formed by sand that settled out of the backwaters of massive glacial floods around 16,000 years ago, this place was a forbidding environment of sparse grass and scattered, stunted pines. In many places, what at first might appear as rolling hills are actually sand dunes, partially stabilized by the tenuous plant cover? The area is dry, not because of lack of rainfall, but because there are no permanent waterways flowing through the undulating, featureless landscape. Much of the rain that falls is quickly absorbed and carried away through the deep layers of porous sand. The land is not conducive to agriculture, or even to grazing. American Indians could find lush for their horses only a few miles away. Even in the 1940s, more than seventy years after the City of Spokane was founded only four or five miles to the south, early local resident A.M. Denman described a desolate scene: “Leaving the beautiful Little Spokane Valley we pass close to the present site of the State Fish Hatchery which will be mentioned later. On up southerly, we come out on a flat shallow valley of sand-dunes where grows the common bull pine from which I sometimes think about ninety per cent of our knotty lumber is made. Very little good grass for animals grow here and this looked so destitute that it was passed up by homesteaders for several years” [Denman 1947:2]. A major reason for the uninviting nature of these lands was the lack of water. The irony of the situation is that only 200 feet below the surface, millions of gallons of the live-giving liquid was available, supplied by the Spokane Aquifer. The first man to figure this out, and to act upon it, was real estate dealer and future U.S. Senator Daniel Morgan (1869-1962). His was the first encroachment on the desert north of Francis Avenue. Stephen Emerson, Program Director, Archaeological and Historical Services

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Upcoming Community Events Tues - Sept 7

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Wed - Sept 8

12 pm 6:30 pm

Thurs - Sept 9

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Sat - Sept 11 Tues - Sept 14

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VFW Bingo 2902 E Diamond Kiwanis Meeting Eagles off Frances Hillyard Rotary Meeting 4001 N Cook GHBA Meeting 4001 N Cook VFW Bingo 2902 E Diamond VFW Men’s Aux Meeting 2902 E Diamond Hippie Happening Day DT Historic Hillyard VFW Bingo 2902 E Diamond Kiwanis Meeting Eagles off Frances

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Hillyard Festival Meeting 4001 N Cook

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VFW Post Meeting 2902 E Diamond

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VFW Women’s Aux Meeting 2902 E Diamond VFW Men’s Aux Meeting 2902 E Diamond VFW Bingo 2902 E Diamond Kiwanis Meeting Eagles off Frances Hillyard Festival Meeting 4001 N Cook

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Hillyard History The judge was guilty of, at the very least, making gross generalizations, but he was only expressing what much of greater Spokane was already thinking. Hillyard had become synonymous in Spokane with "rough" and "lower class," even though many of its residents and neighborhoods defied that stereotype. Eventually, Hillyard residents found a way to poke fun at the stereotype. During one city election, bumper stickers appeared in Hillyard reading, "I'm Frum Hillyurd and I Voat." While Hillyard continues to struggle with economic problems, it has many energetic civic associations, including the Greater Hillyard Business Alliance, the Hillyard Council, and the Hillyard Festival Association, which sponsors several yearly community festivals.

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As of 2007, Hillyard remains one of the poorest areas of the city. The average house price is about half of the Spokane average. For this reason, Hillyard continues to be attractive, as it was in the 1910s, to first-generation immigrant families. The immigrants today are often Russian and Southeast Asian. Hillyard has also been active in preserving its historic heritage. Over 85 percent of central Hillyard's historic buildings are still intact, many built before 1910. In 2002, the Hillyard Market Street District became the first Spokane neighborhood to be accepted onto the National Register of Historic Places. The Hillyard Historic Business District was placed on the Spokane Register of Historic Districts in 2004. A drive has also begun to build a Hillyard Heritage Museum. A proposed visitor's center still awaits funding, yet the museum already has a few outdoor displays that perfectly symbolize the history of Hillyard: Several historic rail cars, open to the public upon request. By Jim Kershner, December 15, 2007 "The Rise of Hillyard," Spokesman-Review, January 1, 1895; "Stir at Hillyard," Ibid., February 26, 1896; "A Bright Future for Hillyard," Ibid., January 1, 1897; "Is a Railroad Town," Ibid., July 31, 1899; "Fallen Women at Hillyard," Ibid., February 6, 1904; "GN Strike Far From Settlement," Ibid., April 9, 1911; "Missing Hillyard Mayor Sends Note," Ibid., September 11, 1913; "Herdlick Wants His Mayor Job," Ibid., December 19, 1913; Frank Perrin, "Hillyard Looks Ahead to New Diesel Glory," Ibid., November 14, 1954; Alden Cross, "Hillyard Group Raps Rail Stance," Ibid., June 21, 1970; Tom Burnett, "Judge Tempers Remarks in Court," Ibid., June 27, 1975; Isamu Jordan, "Historic Hillyard," Ibid., Septmber 20, 2001; Mike Prager, "A Place in Hillyard," Ibid., August 22, 2002; "Hillyard Group Plans to Develop Tourism," Spokane Chronicle, February 20, 1969; Hazel Barnes, "Times Change for Hillyard," Ibid., March 21, 1973; "Judge Comments During Sentencing," Ibid., June 24, 1975; Rev. Jonathan Edwards, History of Spokane County (San Francisco?: W. H. Lever Publishers, 1900), 280-282.

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Coats for Kids

Hillyard #1474 Post & Auxiliary and the Northeast Community Center along with KXLY are starting the 25th year of the "Coats for Kids" program Kick-off event: Sunday September 19 (Spokane Interstate Fair). Collection of donated new or gently used clean coats for infants thru young adults are: Monday September 20th thru Friday, October 15th at the following collection locations: KXLY Studios at 500 W Boone Ave Papa Murphy’s Sterling Savings Bank Coldwell Bankers Tomlinson Offices.

Volunteers are needed: October 25 - November 5th 10 am - 4 pm Must do at least 2 Hours NECC 4001 N Cook St Call 487-1605 Tell them you are from V.F.W. Hillyard # 1474, your name & phone number.

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Did You Guess Right? Hillyard Booster Club Bob Cartright's and Art Blum's dads were members of the club in the pre-WWII days. Bob's dad was in the military in the war. Jack Blum, Art's dad, was, "...always close-by to lend a helping hand whenever George Elmer Brown need(ed) assistance, as reported in the club annual report. Jack was one of the first members on the club football team. Later on, in his adult years, he was the club basketball coach, coached many of us in our club years. He was honored in 1958 by George at the annual Awards Banquet for "having done the most for the club in 1958". Jack was like a dad to all of us; a good thing since many of us did not have fathers in our homes. He and his wife, Lark, were the chaperons who took Barry Robinson, Bob Martin, Ken Kelling and me to the 1959 Rose Bowl. The four of us earned our way by selling the most fund-raising chocolate bars. One of the highlights of the trip was meeting and getting photographs taken of us visiting Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds on the scene at 20th Century Fox studios, making the picture of Bing's, "Say One for Me" movie. He was playing the role of a Catholic Priest. Bing was a Spokane Boy, and he donated lots of money to the club and was an honorary member. He paid for the Rose Bowl 50-yard line tickets. Ken had had 3 older brothers in the club. All 3 had won trips to a Rose Bowl--Albert in 1953, Ron in 1954 and Charlie in 1957. All 3 had been officers of the club, too. One of the best things that happened to all of us Hillyard guys was what we learned and did as members of the Hillyard Booster Club. That helped us make contributions to Rogers, by being active, doing "community service" in the school, "preventing crime" by not doing wrong things and leading pretty "clean lives". George Elmer Brown had enormous respect from all of us.

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Sunny D Book Spree

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The Hillyard Hobo Bulletin is excited to tell you about a program that will donate 20 classroom books to every classroom that sends in 20 SunnyD. This is a great program that can bring free books to our local schools. It’s called the SunnyD Book Spree and all you need to do is save your UPC SunnyD labels.

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You need to save UPC labels from any size of SunnyD that is larger than a 12 oz container. So Hillyard, lets get books into our classrooms the easy way. Start saving today! Should we have a contest? Rewards? For more info contact me at [email protected].

Did You Know? Did you know...The full market demand potential of the North-East Development target area is unknown. Intuitively we know it has tremendous potential; it is one of only three industrial areas within the State’s second largest city. Additionally, it is one of only two that will have direct access to the new North Spokane Corridor coupled with connection to the SR 395 NFTA corridor and rail access and proximity to an existing T-1 freight route. There are immediate needs for core business infrastructure (roads, sidewalk, water, sewer, telecom, electric, gas, etc.). And, additional needs to organize, plan and study the fiscal and economic impact of the community’s desired Hillyard Industrial Park for “green,” sustainable manufacturing within the North-East Development target area along with the implementation of an economic development tool, such as tax-increment financing or other tool.

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