1958 Map of Spokane
USGS Topo · Published 1958About this map
The Spokane River corridor serves as the industrial and transportation backbone of the Inland Northwest in the late 1950s, connecting the urban center of Spokane with the growing Idaho communities of Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene. This period reflects a landscape heavily shaped by Cold War defense and natural resource extraction. Military footprints are prominent with Fairchild Air Force Base, George Wright Air Force Base, and Geiger Field flanking the city. To the east, the Coeur d'Alene National Forest and Bitterroot Mts define a region dominated by deep-rock mining, centered on massive operations like the Bunker Hill Smelter & Mine and Sunshine Mine near Kellogg. The map also captures the extensive rail network of the era, where the Great Northern RR, Northern Pacific RR, and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific RR converge to move timber, minerals, and agricultural goods from the Palouse toward the coast.
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