Posts Tagged ‘coeur d'alene’
Early Explorers and the Fur Trade – Lecture with Mark Weadick
At the turn of the nineteenth century the Northwest Company began exploring the Rocky Mountains and further West to exploit fur resources. Explorers and trappers like David Thompson and…
Read MoreIgnite cda pledges $700k to Museum of North Idaho
By BILL BULEY Staff Writer | August 26, 2021 1:06 AM COEUR d’ALENE — Ignite cda, Coeur d’Alene’s urban renewal agency, has pledged $700,000 to site development work for the…
Read MoreAntiques star coming to J.C. White House
By CRAIG NORTHRUPStaff Writer, CDA Press | May 10, 2021 1:09 AM The Museum of North Idaho has announced the J.C. White House will hold its first in-person event since moving from its…
Read MorePlayland Pier
By ROBERT SINGLETARY, Special to the Press In the fall of 1940, Earl Somers and his wife Byrd, moved to Coeur d’Alene with the idea of building an amusement park.…
Read MoreHistory of The Flyer
By Robert Singletary, Special to the Nickel’s Worth On October 11, 1906, boat builder P.W. Johnson launched the Flyer, one of the most popular steamboats on Lake Coeur d’Alene. The Flyer…
Read MoreMotion Picture History in North Idaho
By Robert Singletary Special for the Nickel’s Worth The history of the motion picture industry had its beginning in the late 1800s. By the early 1900s, the making and showing…
Read MoreBlackwell Park History
By Robert Singletary In 1902, Frederick Blackwell, a wealthy lumberman from Williamsport, Penn., came to Coeur d’Alene to invest in the emerging timber industry. In addition to developing one of the…
Read MoreWhat about Bob?
By BILL BULEYStaff Writer, Coeur d’Alene Press | March 3, 2021 1:00 AM COEUR d’ALENE — Robert Singletary knows Kootenai County’s history perhaps better than anyone. Even he thinks so. When asked if…
Read MoreFt. Sherman Band
By Robert Singletary For twenty years, 1878 to 1898, the military band at Fort Coeur d’Alene/Sherman provided much of the musical entertainment for the village of Coeur d’Alene. After the closure…
Read MoreThe First Sawmill
Written by Robert Singletary for the Nickel’s Worth 2/12/2021 The first sawmill to operate in northern Idaho was built in 1878 by the U.S. Army on land near the Spokane…
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