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James Nettle Glover (March 15, 1838 – November 18, 1921) was a politician, banker and the founder (as well as its second mayor) of the city of Spokane. In 1871, two squatters, James Downing and Seth Scranton, had built a sawmill at the south bank of the Spokane Falls on the Spokane River.
Nov 29, 2003 · James N. Glover is the “Father of Spokane” he helped plan and build Spokane. When his friends gave up and left, he stayed behind and brought the city together. Even, when 32 blocks of Spokane downtown burnt down in August of 1889, Glover didn’t give up hope.
Sep 4, 2005 · In 1871, James J. Downing and Seth R. Scranton built a sawmill at the falls on the south bank of the river. In 1873 James N. Glover (1837-1921) and a partner, Jasper N. Matheney, arrived from Oregon seeking land, possibly to establish a town, and were impressed with the potential of the falls site.
Aug 6, 2014 · James N. Glover at a parade in 1914. James Nettle Glover was by no means the first person to live in this place, nor was he the first white man to recognize the value of the falls. But he was the...
Mar 10, 2017 · James N. Glover, “the father of Spokane,” continued his series of memoirs in the Spokane Daily Chronicle. He described his first visit in 1873, when he found only three families and two...
James Nettle Glover was a politician, banker and the founder of the city of Spokane. In 1871, two squatters, James Downing and Seth Scranton, had built a sawmil...
Jan 27, 2003 · Two years later, Downing sold his claim to James N. Glover for $2,000 and moved on. In August, a group of special deputy constables arrived at the falls seeking Scranton's assistance in connection with the disappearance of livestock in the Colville area.
