Wasted Spaces; Forgotten Places #1 - Hoyt's LbNA #57207
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Add Location| Owner: | Storm Crow  |
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| Plant date: | Not specified |
| Location: | Spokane |
| City: | WA |
| County: | Spokane |
| State: | Washington |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Storm Crow |
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| Last found: | Dec 20, 2023 |
| Status: | FFFFFrO |
| Last edited: | Dec 20, 2023 |
If coming from the west to Spokane take the Garden Springs exit just before I-90 descends a long hill into Spokane proper. After the stop sign continue straight ahead. Just past the first right (Assembly Road) there is a pull off at the end of the guard rail before the road goes down a small hill (By the way, you will be on Garden Springs road).
If you are coming from Spokane you can either take the Garden Springs exit (off of the Spokane Airport/Highway 2 Exit) or come up Sunset Hill. Either way you will have to turn on to Rustle road heading south. That will take you over I-90 then a curve to the right (by then the name of the road has changed to Garden Springs Road), past a small church on the left and up a small hill. At the top of the hill is a left (Assembly Road). So you will have to turn around somewhere and back track. Once you pass Assembly Road again there is a pull off at the end of the guard rail before the road goes back down the same small hill you drove up. Pull off here and park.
History of Hoyt's:
"It may look like just a big old chimney or smokestack there off the Garden Springs exit of Interstate 90 west of the city, but it’s really a remnant of some quite interesting history involving flowers and Italian immigrants in Spokane.
The name Hoyt is clearly visible on the chimney, which is all that remains of the old Hoyt Brothers Floral Co. which used to be located there. The Hoyt Brothers built the first of their six greenhouses at that site, a 30-by-50-foot building, in about 1900, according to a story in The Spokesman-Review celebrating 1940 as the golden jubilee year of the flower industry in Spokane.
The first Hoyt greenhouse was soon followed by another to accommodate rose production, with the Cupy candy store and Smith and Co. undertakers as the main customers. One of the brothers operated the facility where only the chimney now remains and the other had greenhouses nearby, where the Hampton Inn now stands. In 1905, the Hoyts opened a retail flower business in downtown Spokane, at Post and Riverside.
Interestingly, Spokane ranked fourth among cities west of the Mississippi River as a flower-shipping center in 1940, according to that same newspaper article. There were some 20 acres of flowers under glass at that time."
Warnings and Suggestions;
This is not safe for small children as there is a drop off. Also where hiking boots as there a lot of rocks and no trail. Gloves are recommended. Ink pen colors; orange or brown, yellow, light blue and maybe black.
To the Box;
Once out of your car head up the hill the same direction you are parked but not too close to the edge. If you look over your left shoulder you will be able to spy the smokestack which is gradually crumbling from the top. About 3/4 of the way to the top (near the cliff edge) is a bent and lonely pine tree surrounded by boulders. Near that tree find the perfect rock seat and use it as a chair. Look over your left shoulder. There are two rocks that appear to be one (partially covered by pine duff). There is the perfect hiding hole containing the box on the right side at ground level (if you have turned and are now facing it). This is where the gloves would be a good idea. Please re hide well and keep the area looking natural. Enjoy!
stormcrow
"Keep it safe; keep it hidden!"
PS If you use the map for this clue on AQ please note that the waypoint marker is on the wrong side of the road for the actually box location... you will be parked and looking on the South side of Garden Springs road!
If you are coming from Spokane you can either take the Garden Springs exit (off of the Spokane Airport/Highway 2 Exit) or come up Sunset Hill. Either way you will have to turn on to Rustle road heading south. That will take you over I-90 then a curve to the right (by then the name of the road has changed to Garden Springs Road), past a small church on the left and up a small hill. At the top of the hill is a left (Assembly Road). So you will have to turn around somewhere and back track. Once you pass Assembly Road again there is a pull off at the end of the guard rail before the road goes back down the same small hill you drove up. Pull off here and park.
History of Hoyt's:
"It may look like just a big old chimney or smokestack there off the Garden Springs exit of Interstate 90 west of the city, but it’s really a remnant of some quite interesting history involving flowers and Italian immigrants in Spokane.
The name Hoyt is clearly visible on the chimney, which is all that remains of the old Hoyt Brothers Floral Co. which used to be located there. The Hoyt Brothers built the first of their six greenhouses at that site, a 30-by-50-foot building, in about 1900, according to a story in The Spokesman-Review celebrating 1940 as the golden jubilee year of the flower industry in Spokane.
The first Hoyt greenhouse was soon followed by another to accommodate rose production, with the Cupy candy store and Smith and Co. undertakers as the main customers. One of the brothers operated the facility where only the chimney now remains and the other had greenhouses nearby, where the Hampton Inn now stands. In 1905, the Hoyts opened a retail flower business in downtown Spokane, at Post and Riverside.
Interestingly, Spokane ranked fourth among cities west of the Mississippi River as a flower-shipping center in 1940, according to that same newspaper article. There were some 20 acres of flowers under glass at that time."
Warnings and Suggestions;
This is not safe for small children as there is a drop off. Also where hiking boots as there a lot of rocks and no trail. Gloves are recommended. Ink pen colors; orange or brown, yellow, light blue and maybe black.
To the Box;
Once out of your car head up the hill the same direction you are parked but not too close to the edge. If you look over your left shoulder you will be able to spy the smokestack which is gradually crumbling from the top. About 3/4 of the way to the top (near the cliff edge) is a bent and lonely pine tree surrounded by boulders. Near that tree find the perfect rock seat and use it as a chair. Look over your left shoulder. There are two rocks that appear to be one (partially covered by pine duff). There is the perfect hiding hole containing the box on the right side at ground level (if you have turned and are now facing it). This is where the gloves would be a good idea. Please re hide well and keep the area looking natural. Enjoy!
stormcrow
"Keep it safe; keep it hidden!"
PS If you use the map for this clue on AQ please note that the waypoint marker is on the wrong side of the road for the actually box location... you will be parked and looking on the South side of Garden Springs road!