Editing Deer Park, Washington (section)

==History==
[[File:Hazard Post Office, Wild Rose Prairie, Deer Park, Spokane County, WA HABS WASH,32-DERP.V,1-2.tif|thumb|left|Hazard Post Office]]

North of [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]], the city of Deer Park was officially incorporated {{Years or months ago|1908}} on June 24, 1908. Deer Park got its name when railroad surveyors saw deer grazing in the area. It was settled in 1889 when a [[railroad siding]] was built for the [[Spokane Falls & Northern Railway]]. Soon the Standard Lumber Company sawmill was established by William Short and George Crawford to provide the lumber needed to rebuild the nearby city of Spokane Falls (later renamed [[Spokane]]) following the great fire of 1889. By 1900 the population of Deer Park was approximately 300 residents. In addition to the sawmill, the community consisted of three general stores (owned separately by P. Kelly, Dan Weis, and A. Baldwin), a blacksmith and harness shop, a [[livery]] and feed stable, Jeff Moore's hotel, Dr. Prince's drug store, a public school with approximately 75 students, and a [[Congregational church]] led by Rev. F. McConaughy. By this time there were as many as eight sawmills within ten miles of Deer Park, all of which got their supplies in, and employed residents of, the town.<ref>{{cite book |title=Illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington |last=Edwards |first=Jonathan (1847-1929) |year=1900 |publisher=W.H. Lever |pages=278–279 |url=http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications_view.aspx?pub=100&p=314&i=images/publications/SL_edwardsillustrated/directory.djvu }}</ref>

Arcadia Apple Orchards Company was established around 1906, and orchards of apple trees were planted on the land surrounding Deer Park which had been cleared by the logging activity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arcadia Orchard |url=http://cdphs.org/arcadia-orchard.html |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=C.D.P.H.S |language=en}}</ref>

The municipal airport east of the city was built during [[World War II]] and dedicated {{Years or months ago|1944}} in August 1944 with three paved runways, all at {{convert|6100|ft|-1}} in length.<ref name=dppsoam>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QSlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZuQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4351%2C1445185 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |title=Deer Park puts self on air map |date=August 21, 1944 |page=1 }}</ref><ref name=dphraap>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IdhXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a_UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7265%2C3948282 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Deer Park holds rites at airport |date=August 21, 1944 |page=8 }}</ref><ref name=dpmunap>{{cite news |url=http://www.cityofdeerparkwa.com/index.asp?SEC=0E05D246-1A99-4481-AF88-40E389886DFD&Type=B_BASIC |publisher=City of Deer Park |title=Deer Park Municipal Airport |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref> During the early 1960s,<ref name=mftsadp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_qASAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6840%2C5900918 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Missile fortress takes shape at Deer Park |date=January 27, 1960 |page=12 }}</ref><ref name=mstsh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2ShYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5336%2C3012058  |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Missile sites take shape |last=Petty |first=Robert W. |date=April 12, 1960 |page=8 }}</ref><ref name=atlgtes>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EqASAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5455%2C748674 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Atlas gear tested|date=January 5, 1961 |page=3 }}</ref> an [[SM-65E Atlas|Atlas]] missile site (567-1) near the airport was operated by the [[567th Strategic Missile Squadron]] of [[Fairchild Air Force Base|Fairchild AFB]].<ref name=samsnc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ywJYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6917%2C2310444 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Spokane area missile sites near completion |date=December 9, 1960 |page=12 }}</ref> Soon obsolete, the site was decommissioned in 1965 and sold for salvage in 1967.<ref name=atmovr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5lZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ofcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5366%2C8112 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Atlas missile era is ended |last=Petty |first=Robert W. |date=July 1, 1965 |page=1 }}</ref><ref name=lamssfsl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XWZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7230%2C4384978 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Last Atlas sites sold for salvage |date=May 31, 1967 |page=b3 }}</ref>