Posts Tagged ‘idaho 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 MoreIn case you wondered, sex sells
| April 16, 2021 1:00 AM D.F. “Dave” Oliveria at CDA Press Dr. Heather Branstetter didn’t plan to write a book about the notorious sex trade of Wallace, her hometown. It…
Read MoreThe Mullan Tree
By Robert Singletary, Special to the Nickel’s Worth This coming July 4th, 2021, will be exactly 160 years ago when John Mullan’s road construction crew stopped work to celebrate Independence…
Read MoreStanley Easton: Mr. Bunker
By Robert Singletary, Special to the Coeur d’Alene Press Stanley Easton, an 1894 graduate of the University of California, was associated with the Bunker Hill Mining Company in Kellogg, Idaho…
Read MoreHistoric Mansion on Hayden Lake
By Robert Singletary Spokane millionaire F. Lewis Clark built a mansion on the south end of Hayden Lake Lake in 1910. At the time, it was said to be the…
Read MoreEARLY HAYDEN LAKE
By Robert Singletary With the completion of the first railroad across northern Idaho in 1881 and the rapid development of towns, there became a very high demand for agricultural products.…
Read MoreThe History of Lochaven Farms
By Deb Mitchell and Dorothy Dahlgren Today, on the corner of Honeysuckle and 4th, there stands a large barn, a two-story home and several other faded-white buildings surrounded by a…
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