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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.
Dec 16, 2022 · An Outpost on the Spokane River. Arriving in 1873 at Spokane Falls from Salem, Oregon, James Glover (1838-1921) found only two bachelors and three small families scraping by within the frontier settlement. But he foresaw the promise of that site where the Spokane River drops through wild cataracts.
Nov 18, 2021 · James N. Glover, widely considered “The Father of Spokane,” died at his Spokane mansion after a long illness. “Nowhere, from the humblest to the greatest in the city, was there a place...
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.
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 ...
Dec 16, 2022 · James Glover (1838-1921) was an entrepreneur early in life. Before he immigrated to Washington Territory, he transported apples from Salem, Oregon, to San Francisco. He provisioned miners and swung a pick as a miner. He opened a fruit stand in a mining town and provided for the miners’ needs.
Within two years of making the claim, they sold to a man from the Willamette Valley, James Glover. Glover added a circular saw to the existing sawmill, opened a store, and enticed Frederick Post to build a flour mill.
