Spokane Saga Author:Zola Ross Spokane 1889 — Seventeen years after the settlement had been carved from the wilderness, Spokane Falls was destroyed by fire feeding on the downtown wooden saloons and gambling houses. In hours, the town that took its name from "The Children of the Sun" was extinguished. — Charity, arriving on the eve of the fire, was swept out of her Midwestern ... more »past as chaos and challenge unfolded before her. The righteous and unrighteous were rising side by side. There was an air of striving and future triumph in this town. Idealistic or brawling, murderous or united, men and forces were shaping a new city, and she was going to be part of it.« less