On Wed, 5 Oct 1994, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> Does anyone have a feeling whether Cascadia includes the "inland empire"
> east of the Cascades? And of course, Michael, you've got me so sensitized
> that I can't believe for a second that Canadians use the same term for
> eastern BC. Boyoboy, another consciousness-raising exchange on Tweeters!


While I can't speak for everyone east of the Cascades, I do want to
contribute to raising Dennis's consciousness, so: "inland empire" is a
chamber-of-commerce creation like so many such terms from the end of the
last century. It was Spokane's attmept to convince people that it was
the center of at least something.

Doesn't the Columbia tie together BC, ID, MT, OR, and WA east of the
Cascades and west of the continental divide?


dale goble
in the Palouse
and not in some inland empire