James Nettle Glover (March 15, 1838 – November 18, 1921) was a politician,

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, and the founder (as well as its second mayor) of the city of

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. In 1871 two squatters, James Downing and Seth Scranton, had built a

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at the south bank of the

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on the

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. Glover and his partner Jasper N. Matheny, coming from

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, had recognized the investment potential and bought the claim of and the sawmill from Downing and Scranton. Later Glover would become one of Spokane's first bankers and mayor.

External links

City of Spokane – History – Timeline
at www.spokanecity.org

at www.historicspokane.org Mayors of Spokane, Washington 1837 births 1921 deaths History of Spokane, Washington {{Washington-mayor-stub