James Nettle Glover (March 15, 1838 – November 18, 1921) was a politician, banker, and the founder (as well as its second mayor) of the city of Spokane. In 1871 two squatters, James Downing and Seth Scranton, had built a sawmill at the south bank of the Spokane Falls on the Spokane River. Glover and his partner Jasper N. Matheny, coming from Oregon, had recognized the investment potential and bought the claim of and the sawmill from Downing and Scranton. Later Glover would become one of Spokane's first bankers and mayor.

External links

City of Spokane – History – Timeline at www.spokanecity.org

City-County of Spokane Historic Preservation at www.historicspokane.org

Mayors of Spokane, Washington

1837 births

1921 deaths

History of Spokane, Washington

James N. Glover