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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.
- Robert W. Forrest
- Glover Mansion
- Anthony M. Cannon
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 where...
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.
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...
Oct 1, 2019 · Another prominent citizen, James N. Glover (1837-1921), known as the "Father of Spokane," built an opulent 12,000-square-foot mansion in 1888. In July 1893 he lost much of his fortune when the city's First National Bank, of which he was president, failed.
Mar 10, 2017 · Fri., March 10, 2017 James N. Glover, “the father of Spokane,” continued his series of memoirs in the Spokane Daily Chronicle on March 10, 1917 and described Spokane Falls as he saw it in...
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.
