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Spokane Garry: A Historical Expedition Dr. David Beine, Dean of the College of Global Engagement at Spokane’s Great Northern University, guides an expedition to historical sites around the Spokane region related to Spokane Garry. Pre-registration required.

SPOKANE — A slab of grilled meat — the cut, texture and doneness all lost to history — arced over a fence and landed with a thud on a plot of ground on the flank of modern-day Beacon Hill in December 1883. Joseph Morscher, a German immigrant, had dark intentions; before tossing the muscled package he’d injected it with a deadly poison, strychnine.

May 25—On the western flank of Beacon Hill there is a scraggly plot of land that was once home to Chief Spokane Garry. Most recently a camel farm, now it is a vacant parcel. But in the 1860s, it was important. Chief Garry hosted dignitaries there, including Washington Territorial Gov. Isaac Stevens and the Rev. Henry Cowley. But then in 1883 or 1884 Spokane Garry was robbed, according to David ...