Expo ’74: Fifty Years Later

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Keith Oka art courtesy of the Spokane Public Library Northwest Room

The story of Expo ’74 is packed with dramatic chapters, narrative rabbit holes, heroes like the guy who went by “King,” odd icons like the Garbage Goat and gifts that keep on giving like the U.S. Pavilion and Spokane Opera House. It’s so sprawling, it can feel more like a dream than actual history. We’ve collected a bunch of those tales here as we mark 50 years since the biggest thing Spokane ever did.

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