[5] Along with the Dart brothers' mill, early Dartford was home to a general store, sawmill, post office, schoolhouse, livery stable, briquette factory and lumberyards.

[6] Albert and later his sister Leta, moved to the United States from Italy in 1907 and became prominent business and political figures in the Spokane area, owning an import business at Browne and Pacific and a luxurious dance and dining hall and movie theater, the Ambassador Club, on East Sprague (that Frank Capone was once reportedly interested in purchasing); Albert unsuccessfully ran for a Spokane County commissioner seat in 1933.

[6] After Albert converted a barn on the estate for use as a dance floor and used his influence to convinced the county put in a bus stop at Commellini Junction, the business became quite popular among the highly influential in the community.

During the lead up to Expo '74, the restaurant once hosted a meeting between representatives of the United States and the Soviet Union and today is a popular venue for weddings.

Its location alongside two bodies of water in a deep but small valley bottom makes it prone to occasional flooding, especially during springtime after a winter with heavy snow.