Water reflection on river at McGoldrick Mill in an undated photo. This mill was located on the Spokane River below Gonzaga University and is currently a pond and grassy riverbank.
In about 1897 Edgar Stanton began a meat market business in Spokane. He had the Cold Storage Market at 317 Riverside and the Idaho Market at 617 Sprague. The business grew into a huge operation, Stanton Meat and Packing, that sold to Armour & Co. in…