Nearby neighbors who opted for rock walls watched each storm gut their yards ... because they go through a 200-foot buffer from the lagoon, Banana River or the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1996, Spokane Valley resident Don Rhodewalt began cataloging homes built of river rock (or cobblestones) in Spokane Valley. Rhodewalt lived in a river rock home at 1105 N. Bowdish Rd. and he ...