‘The saloon will never come back’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It is a well known fact that Sandpoint’s early history was rough and tumble. When researchers excavated the original townsite on the Sand Creek peninsula preceding work on the...
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‘Play in peace forever’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff After months of activity, War Memorial Field is looking particularly tranquil this time of year. A November weekday morning bears no resemblance to a Saturday night in early August,...
Archaeological find near Grangeville could rewrite history
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For upwards of 16,000 years, some of the earliest evidence of human habitation in the Americas lay buried in Idaho, waiting to be discovered. According to research published Aug....
At the Root of it all
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Looking to buy some property in Hope in 2002, Jackie Henrion and her husband spent a night at Hotel Hope. The building, which was constructed circa 1897, houses an...
Going back to The Garden
By Jim Healey Reader Contributor This month marks the 50th anniversary of a musical, cultural, social and political event that has acquired mythic status over time. Nearly two generations have passed since those three...
Mad About Science: Unusual medieval weapons
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You will be disappointed if you’re reading this and expecting me to list dragons or Valyrian steel swords. Sorry, folks. No White Walker invasions happened in medieval Europe, but...
A mountain of uncertainty in the Cabinets
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Waiting under the Cabinet Mountains is a potentially massive reserve of silver and copper. It’s an enticing bounty that mining companies have eyed for decades. There’s just one problem:...
Busting some myths about Portugal’s greatest hero
By Nick Gier Reader Contributor About this time last year, I was traveling in Portugal and visited a number of sites in Lisbon. Some of them were dedicated to Vasco da Gama, the navigator...
Women of the Revolution: Soldiers, Spies, and Resisters
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “We possess a spirit that will not be conquered. Should we be attacked, you will find a race of Amazons in America.” —Abigail Adams to John Adams (9/20/1776) For...
What’s in a name? (pt. 5)
By Ben Olson Reader Staff This is the fifth and final installment of a series exploring the origins of where we got some of our placenames from. Last week, we covered Travers Park, Dufort,...
