neighborhood overview

Edgar J. Webster, a lawyer and early settler in Spokane, settled in what is now Minnehaha Park in the late 1890s and discovered a mineral spring on the property. After the discovery, Webster turned the area into a spa. At the time located beyond the Spokane's city limits, but with the Ross streetcar line providing easy transportation to the area from the city center, Minnehaha developed a reputation as a place where wild and colorful activities, frowned upon inside of city limits, could take place. 

Located in the northeastern portion of the city. The Spokane River flows along the southern edge of the neighborhood, from which the terrain rises along the slopes of Beacon Hill to the northeast. It is a primarily residential neighborhood, with its main commercial district on Euclid Street shared with the adjacent neighborhoods of Bemiss and Hillyard. The Minnehaha neighborhood is also known for its location as an access point for outdoor recreation with its proximity to the trails on Beacon Hill, the Centennial Trail, and the adjacent rock climbing at Minnehaha Rocks.