Spokane Indians team photo, 1946.
The following is adapted from the author’s new book Season of Shattered Dreams: Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a Tragic Bus Crash That Changed Everything.
The deadliest tragedy in American professional sports history occurred near Snoqualmie Pass on the heels of World War II. It involved the Spokane Indians, a minor league baseball team full of talented ballplayers, most of whom had put their dreams on hold while serving in the military during the war.
On the morning of June 24, 1946, the team left Spokane aboard an old 25-passenger bus for their next series against the Bremerton Bluejackets. US Route 10,
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