Posts Tagged ‘history’
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 MoreDesert Hotel Fire
By Robert Singletary for the Nickelsworth On Sunday night, June 25, 1972, the Desert Hotel, and several offices in the building, were destroyed by fire. None of the guests or employees…
Read MoreMNI Podcast to Launch on Jan. 8th with Mayor Widmyer
By SARA JANE RUGGLES/Special To The Coeur d’Alene Press| December 27, 2020 1:00 AM 2021 will be an exciting year for the Museum of North Idaho (MNI). I am very fortunate to…
Read MoreVintage Voices: Volunteer content creators needed at Museum of North Idaho
By SARA JANE RUGGLES/Special To The Press| November 29, 2020 1:00 AM It is safe to say that in one way or another, most of our plans have changed this year. And…
Read MoreWhen trains collide
November 20, 2020 1:00 AM (in part from the Spokesman-Review July 31,1909) The 1909 Homestead Act opened up a large area of land south of Coeur d’Alene whereby citizens could…
Read MoreCapt. John Mullan, the man behind the trail
By Dick Sheldon| March 20, 2020 1:00 AM In 1859, 1st Lt. John Mullan Jr. engineered and built a road (trail) from Fort Benton, Mont., to Walla Walla, Wash., passing nearby the…
Read MoreMolstead Family History
| February 28, 2020 1:00 AM A short history of a giving family Adolph and Anna Molstead, nee Nilson immigrated from Norway in 1888 and were married in 1890 in Elkhorn,…
Read MoreCoeur d’ Alene’s Railway Tunnel
Written By Don Pischner A concrete abutment located just off of the southeast corner of Garden Avenue and Government Way (near the front door of the “Hitching Post”) identifies the…
Read MoreThe Steamer Seattle
Written By John V. Wood Recently I was asked if I had a steamboat story that could reflect progress on the steamboat book I am writing for the museum, and…
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