In reference to the request regarding a Church of the Brethren in Spokane, WA in the early 1900s, there are 4 references in the Brethren Encyclopedia. Spokane CoB, WA, located in Spokane and Whitman Cos. Since A.N. Huffman moved to Tekoa in 1877, he and later Brethren settlers in eastern Washington appealed to the denomination for ministerial leadership. Visiting ministers attempted to fill this need. By 1888 some 30 Brethren were counted as residents in a large area. An attempted organization in 1890 was thwarted by bad weather. It was not until Oct. 21-22, 1899, that the Spokane congregation was organized with 33 members at the home of Huffman, 50 miles from Spokane. Jacob N. Gwin of Idaho was chosen as elder and D.M. Click and J. Harmon Stover called as ministers. Spokane developed 3 meeting places for worship: Wayside, Waverly, and Tokoa. The last named was the first to build a meetinghouse (1903) and became a separate congregation in 1909. Members living near Chewelah had already been separately organized in 1906 as Mount Hope. When the North Spokane body was organized in 1920, the First Spokane congregation gradually dwindled. It was last listed on denominational rolls in 1924 with 46 members. Those serving as pastors and elders were Click, J. Jordan, J.G. Miller, H.C. Longanecker, Charles M. Yearout, Stephen Johnson, Erwin Weaver, W.H Tigner, and W.C. Lehman. Spokane, WA, North Spokane CoB. Mission work in North Spokane began in 1919, and later in the same year a congregation was organized by the District Mission Board. In 1920 Stephen Johnson was the first minister of the 28 members; by 1921 there were 47 members. The number of members grew steadily, reaching 116 in 1933. Members used a meetinghouse on Rich Ave. and Martin St. There was considerable turnover in pastoral leadership and many years in which nonresident elders were listed in charge of the congregation. Among those serving as pastors or elders were Johnson, Sherman Clapper, J.J. Filbrun, W.H. Tigner, J,U.G. Stiverson, R.F. Hiner, O.B. Gregory, D. Warren Shock, C.E. Holmes. John O. Streeter, Harvey H. Hanson, Jay V. Eller, and David Ensign. North Spokane was last listed on denonimational rosters in 1941. The building was sold to the Latter Day Saints. Sources for the articles were from the book, Brethren on the Pacific Slope by Gladys Muir, and Yearbook (1920-1941). There were no references to the Wagoner or Estvelt names. There are 2 other short articles on the Tekoa and Mount Hope congregations. Several of the ministers and elders named were from central Washington churches. Doris Dibert (formerly of Wenatchee, WA)