Kendall Yards, our community’s name, reflects the rail history of the site and celebrates Charles Kendall — the first to bridge the North and South banks of the Spokane River. It is now a thriving urban neighborhood on the North bank of the Spokane River across from Downtown Spokane.
Kendall Yards is located in the southern part of Spokane’s West Central Neighborhood. The West Central Neighborhood is one of Spokane’s oldest neighborhoods dating back to the late 1880s. The history of the Kendall Yards property was dominated by rail yards.
In 1914, the North Pacific and Milwaukee Railroad, later the Union Pacific Railroad, constructed a bridge at Monroe Street and a bridge on the southwest corner of the site across the Spokane River and Latah Creek known as the High Bridge Trestle. The Union Pacific constructed these two steel bridges and purchased the Spokane College property for the new rail lines operational facilities. This construction effectively separated the West Central Neighborhood from the Great Spokane River Gorge described in the Olmsted Brothers report to the Spokane Park Board.
Read more here: Kendall Yards History
Today, the historic railroad site is clean, and new residential and commercial development is underway. The design is sensitive to the adjacent historic West central Neighborhood offering a range of housing styles, size and costs to assure socioeconomic and physical integration. Kendall Yards also takes advantage of the historic Spokane River Gorge landscape by extending the Centennial Trail and providing public access along the Spokane River and Gorge edge.
How to log this cache:
The posted coordinates will take you to an informational sign where you can determine A, B, and C.
Waypoint 2, located at N 47° 39.699 W 117° 26.744, will take you to another informational sign where you can determine D, E and F. While the sign at waypoint two is unavailable, I have posted a picture of it for your use. Please see the gallery!!
Solution:
N 47 39.ABC W 117 26.DEF
A = STONE BRIDGE
B = FORCE MAIN + RAIN GARDEN - PERMEABLE PAVEMENT DEMONSTRATION PLAZA
C = MONROE STREET STORMWATER STORAGE TANK
D = PERMEABLE CONCRETE + ABBOTSFORD AQUA PAVE PAVERS - LOWER RAIN GARDEN
E = KLOROSTONE PAVERS
F = UPPER RAIN GARDEN
2015 was the inaugural year of Spokane Geocache Tour. This Spokane County tour sent geocachers on a trip through Spokane History, finding caches in areas of historical significance. Visiting urban and rural gems, historic farming communities, forts and geological marvels. The Spokane History Geocache Tour rewarded those who completed with a commemorative Geocoin featuring the native Spokane Salish language.
Visit SpokaneGeoTour.com for additional details on the current Geocache Tour.
Spokane History Geocache Tour: sponsored by Spokane County TPA, Cache Advance, and Washington State Geocaching Association (WSGA)
