The “whoops” is the correction to last Tuesday’s Trivia: Was enjoying a browse through an 1876 Monitor Guide to Post Offices & Railroad Stations in the United States and Canada. It was fun to search and find four Washington cities listed: Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Spokane Bridge in Stevens County. That raised my eyebrows because I remembered that Spokane County was formed from Stevens County in 1858. Humm. And that was the only listing for Spokane. How come the inaccuracy, I wonder?

Charles Hansen gave me/us the explanation: 

Donna  Spokane county was formed by the Territorial Legislature in 1858, but January 20, 1863 Stevens county was formed and attached to Spokane county. January 19, 1864 Spokane county was named Stevens County. October 30, 1879 Spokane county was formed out of part of Stevens county. So between 1864 and 1879 there was no Spokane County.  Charles

And since I shall be in Salt Lake City next Monday for RootsTech, may I proudly announce the winner of last Monday’s Mystery:

Gary Parfitt! He was the first reply to correctly answer that “World’s Fair” was what Seattle (1962) and Spokane (1974) had in common. Congrats and kudos on your knowledge of Washington history, Gary.

But we do thank all of you who puzzled the mystery and took the time to answer.