It must have been an awesome city before meth and other drugs showed up

My Dad is at 24:44 running the Cat, Bruce Morgan is at 24:39 (aluminum Hard hat chipping off bricks) Have a still photo of the same job, and the 66 ford pickup he's running the Cat by, Long time ago.

I grew up in Spokane in the 90’s. Such a beautiful city and the people during that time were pretty great as well Moved to Seattle in the early 2000’s and haven’t been all that happy since

Now Spokane is nothing but a s*** hole.

The shopping cart cam is the best part.

Thank you Lee for uploading these Robert L Pryor films. I really enjoyed them all as a native of Spokane.

Do you know where this came from? I just found out my great grandfather apparently lived on Ohme Rd. His last name was Steiner. But during WWII, most of his family switched their name to Stover because they were Jewish.

Captain John Mullan was my great grandpa. My grandma's grandma's last name was Campbell.

This is my town😂

I grew up in Seattle during the 60's. My dad took me to the Smith Tower one Saturday morning around 1964, I was 6 or 7 years old. We took the old-style gated elevator up to the 35th floor, there wasn't anyone else around. He told me about the history of the building and you could tell he thought it was pretty neat. He made it a fun day and a memory of my dad I have never forgotten.

Considering Spokane Gary was sent to a Catholic school to be propagandandized with the white man ways, he went on to teach the Catholic religion and not the Christian religion. Very LARGE difference.

I remember watching this movie when I was in elementary school. In fact, most of the films on Spokane that have been uploaded to KZbin were required viewing in classrooms through my school days. You are to be commended for finding film and the others so people can see how our area developed. They’re the best documents we have and Pryor’s work still comes through brilliantly.

What's up with the Flute Christmas music?

Very well prepared and very informative 👏

I love how peaceful this documentary is. The music rules!

I just moved to Spokane. This was a great watch. I’m glad I found it

There wasn't many lakes better than this one for boating and camping. Mara Lake in BC was pretty good too. This was a few years before I was there with relatives and their friends, 1977 to 84 about. That wooden slalom ski looks like mine, still have it under my couch. LOL. I never had money to buy a boat. I was a just hack just like other sports. LOL. A couple times we did a triple run. A couple times I skied most of the way to the south end from Kaniksu resort I think it was. Also skied way up Seymore arm at Shuswap Lake. Damn shame those places couldn't last with a short 4 month season. Things were awesome during the boomer years, bowling leagues also. Damn old folks condos there now. We took the Cessna float plane ride once as well. In the 1960s we went to Penticton most years to get fruit. I wish they had filmed the campground and buildings. I don't have of photo of it either, damn.

Lotta dam history here, love it!

Hwy 57 up to Priest Lake use to be so beautiful. A canopy of trees over the highway.

I walked through starting at the west end. No lights. I think the best way would be on a mountain bike, and of course with a light.

Lee! You're a public history urban archeologist! -- Liza R.

This is funny

To see the kids running out of Indian Trail Elementary hit me in the heart strings. I went there from K-6th back in the mid 80s-early 90s. Wonderful school. 🥰

Watched these films as a kid in Spokane Public Schools. Went to Garry Jr. High in the 70's. Still have the dedication program my Mom got.

I saw this film in school when it first came out back in the day. Born and raised in Spokane. Neat to see Pre Expo views of the river.

I live in Wenatchee. Born here on '79. This just popped up in my feed. This is a precious old video. Thank you for uploading. I can't wait to watch your other Washington uploads.! Cheers! 🤗🥰

We grew up in Spokane. There were 5 of us kids. I remember going to the big grassy reservoir and sliding down on waxed cardboard. When we went to sacred heart school, We would walk up the big wall leading up to sacred heart hospital. I remember when the first 7-11 opened up. Us kids walked all over Spokane. We’d take the bus downtown to see the dentist and I remember stealing grab bags from Woolworths. We went to Comstock Park and liberty lake all the time. I remember when A&W root beer opened near Comstock Park. Good times!!!

Really cool video, I wish my grandparents had a video camera back then, it would've been neat to see the adventures they had on Priest Lake.

Nice vid. I have not been through this tunnel but have hiked numerous others including Pipestone pass tunnel and many miles of the Milwaukee Road in Idaho.

Interesting video, thanks for the info.

Sad to learn of the history of this river. A once mighty river that housed the PNW largest salmon and steelhead runs. Now reduced to nothing because of the dams and the chemicals dumped into the river. Maybe one day they will remove the dams on this river and we will see these fish return like they did on the Elwha river.

Where does Jeff work? Also any suggestions for other companies that digitize 16mm film? Thanks

“It’s seasoned, it’s not just green tea” “What do you taste?” *thinks with chefs palate* “Green tea, salt... and something else” LMAOOOO Btw, this is the best and most thorough review I’ve ever seen!! I wish I watched before I went today, but I had mandarin chicken and the deluxe fried rice. Soooooooo fire!!!

The lake is covered in homes now.

some of the more modern information is quite dated...the music is killing me.

I get scared just looking at the falls, it's frightening to think if you were to fall in the spokane river at that point. I love Spokane, yet I stay away away from that river and it's more frightening than beautiful to me. Lolol

Robert Pryor....my father's cousin. Love this!

The tunnel is super cool, and kinda creepy! I can't wait for the Beverly Bridge at the Columbia to finish rehab and get opened for pedestrians. That will be awesome too.

Ah the good old days when you could use a rivers energy for clean power and flood control. Plus, the creation of beautiful lakes. I graduated from Ferris in 1972 so I probably watched this back then.

Back in the good ole days. I was a Freshman at Libby Jr. High School. Before the terminally offended generation took power. ( my generation)

This video was GREAT! Thank you!

Thank you for this! I love teapot, the review is great

Grad job

I haven’t seen any place like that in Spokane. The second hand stores here don’t have a lot of nice thing like the store in this video seems to have.

I was born in the old Sacred Heart Hospital in 1963 and went to school here. Though I’ve lived in other cities I ended up back here in Spokane and my husband and I have settled here for the remainder of our years. Interesting film.

ye olde watering hole, MOTHER EARTH, is drying up because of man's flying machines

Its sad to see how much has been lost, even cultural expectations and design are missing. Back then they certainly had a lot of hope and optimism, now a days everything lacks the same kind of spirit.

Fascinating recent history. Thank you Lee for unearthing our very recent and astonishing history. Was this even covered in Pacific Northwest History? These are the stories that are so poignant and totally overlooked. Thank you for bringing this to the surface. I only remember Mr. Thompson covering Fur trappers, pig farmers, and setting side time for orphan shaming for those who could not complete their family tree.

Same i live there my life in 2008 it was great there i miss the place i aways go there to see my family every year to see them cause i love seeing them every year

Wow craziness.