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Harrison Searchlight September, 1954
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Harrison Searchlight July, 1955
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Harrison Searchlight September, 1955
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Harrison Searchlight July, 1956
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Harrison Searchlight July, 1956
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Harrison Searchlight, September, 1956
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Letters from Kootenai County to Harrison regarding election 1994 Jan-May
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Lists of books purchased each year from 1986-1993 for Harrison Public Library
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Balances include library salaries, benefits, purchased, supplies, and capital outlay.
Parks-Waterfront and Cemetery balances also included.
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Materials pertaining to internet filtering and video challenges of the Post Falls library from 1999-2000.
Contains Letters to Board of Directors
Newspaper Articles
Letters from the Library Board
Letter from Nampa Public Library
Letter from Idaho State Library Northern Field Office
Opinion pieces published in newspapers
Form library created
Citizen Notice that was passed around town
Article from "American Libraries" magazine
Trustee meeting notes
Names and organizations associated:
Post Falls Library
Fred Glienna
Monica Hillard
Mayor Gus Johnson
Michele Veale
Pat Kilpatrick
Dee Lawless
Joe Reiss
Paul Settanni
Joe Tilton
Kevin Krieg
Nancy Haas
David Sawyer
Rose Macy
Bob McClure
Marge McClure
Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy
John Sarchio
Eileen Cox
Mary Rutkowski
Kim Van Witbeck
Challenger Christian Day School
David Hirtle
Ted Corder
D.F. Oliveria
Jan Wall
Idaho State Library
Karen Ganske
Nampa Public Library
Immaculate Conception Church
Wayne Gunter
David Townsend
Rebecca Melton
Gould
Goodrich
C. Craig Reifle
Clay Larkin
Scott Grant
Don Morgan
Valerie Thompson
Sunridge Community Church
Idaho Family Forum
I. Kilpatrick
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1917 Fire
Care of people made homeless by the fire/
Present for meeting
Pinkerton
Packer
Diehl
Cathcart
Cook
Brass
Keeley
Purchase of fire hose
Creation of committee for lodging of displaced
Employment of 36 men to patrol the city
Appointment of special police
Method of cleaning up burnt district
July 22nd
Arrangements for Rebuilding
Governor arranged for relief payment of $1000 to be increased to $3000 for citizens.
Request for Governor payment of $5000 to city for cleanup.
Discussed rebuilding in brick
Aid from Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Kellogg, and Wallace (food and clothing)
Declaration of gratitude
Noted names:
Joseph Hansen
Crane
Stratton
Brown
Walter Paulsen
Marler
Brass
Chinn
Shannahan
Kigar
Ribstein
Newton
Wood
July 27th
Motions to buy tools and replacement items for fire department
Request for a temporary tent
Notice to Harrison Hotel to conduct repairs
Cook
Packer
Brass
Cathcart
Pinkerton
Keeley
Mrs. S.W. Cope
John Antler
Harris
July 28th
Hotel Harrison
Motion to notify owners of float houses tied or docked to be removed
Bills of labor for patrolling and extinguishing fires
St-Joe boom company bill
July 31st
Fire at Cemetery spreading rapidly
Street Grade- Replacement of documentation
Bills for patrolling and putting out fires
Notification to Harrison shingle company to put screens in smokestacks to prevent sparks-marshal notification
Marshal called to notify Float house owners to remove immediately
Marshal to extend pipeline from shingle mill to the grant mill yard.
Hodgeskins-Archechitect
Edelblute
Brass
Cathcart
Keeley
Pinkerton
Cook
Packer
Keeley
Packer
Cathcart
Cook
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In this newsletter:
Consider Post Falls Museum a safe spot to escape life's craziness
Join us for a Spaghetti Dinner
Treaty Rock Elementary students learn history at Rendezvous
Things to look forward to
Grants continue to help society efforts and operations
Thanks for recent membership renewals
We love our volunteers
Post family descendent visit museum, roots
What does society membership come with? Free museum admission!
Museum volunteers continue to be involved
Camp Kameelin kids enjoy museum visit
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In this newsletter:
Getting used to life in the 'normal' normal
Post Falls Historical Society Board Members/Officers
We appreciate all of our museum volunteers
Templin family remembered for society support
Things to look forward to
Hacking attempt leads to a new computer for museum
Please share your winter memories
Thanks for recent renewals
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In this newsletter:
New photo archive process makes donating easier
President's Message
Mark your calendar for upcoming historical society events
Attendance book collection gives glimpse into early education
Society members enjoy food, fundraising
Walking through Post Falls History
Thanks to all new and renewing members
Board Openings
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In this newsletter:
Our community's past still connects with our present
Spokane River photo returns home
Annual meeting set for Jan. 26
Post Falls Historical Society Board of Directors
Frederick Bish's Accidental Death
Other Post family references abound
Our Society Mission
Thanks for recent membership renewals
Spaghetti feed successfully returns
Big kudos to all of our active volunteers this fall
Post Falls museum attendance exceeds 1,000 in 2021
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In this newsletter:
Making Sense of this new time of quarantine
Post Falls Library, Historical Society team up for YouTube videos
Post Falls Historical Society Board Members and Officers for 2020
How to explain, Learn from the pandemic experience
Mark your calendar for upcoming historical society events
What should you put in your memory box
Get to know your museum: Bluejacket Manual
Photo preservation efforts continue
How Post Falls has dealt with past health epidemics (1918 flu)
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Special feature published by The Press on November 21, 1999.
Headlines included:
North Idaho Milestones
The Author: Robert Singletary
Credits: editing, layout & design
The Five Northern Counties
Kellogg: Supported by Uncle Bunker
Murray: Last of the gold mine towns
Mullan: Named for Captain John
Coeur d'Alene: From military town to county seat
Rathdrum: Former county seat experienced ups & downs
Post Falls: On the banks of the Spokane River
Harrison: Small town big history
Worley: Little town on the reservation
Spirit Lake: Buildings went up overnight
Hayden Lake: A lake, a man and a friendly game of cards
Sandpoint: Settlement on the north shore
Priest River: Old time Timber Town
Athol; Small town started as small station
Bonners Ferry: At the head of the Kootenai River
St. Maries: On the banks of the St. Joe River
Wallace: Creeks, canyons and silver
Mining: All that glitters is silver and gold
Steamboats: Plying the north Idaho waterways
Railroads: North Idaho was center for railways
Logging: Timber to lumber
Farming: All about agriculture
Tourism: Playland pier, regattas, bozanta tavern popular attractions
Free Time: Fun away from Farragut
The Arts: Everyone loves a good show
One Room or Many: Schools for public education
Higher Ed: Coeur d'Alene junior, north Idaho junior & North Idaho College
Utilities: Helping people plug in
Highways: Bye, bumpy roads
Farragut: Training for the U.S. Navy 1942-1946
Making Men: From recruits to sailors
Housing History: Cataldo's old mission
Hospitals: For healing & health care
Retail: Let's go shopping
Creeks, Rivers, Lakes & Mountains: A haven for outdoor fun
Libraries: Looking for a good read
Movies: Watching stars on the big screen
The 1910 Fire: A large and deadly raging inferno
Churches: places for the people to worship
The Flood of 1933: Fighting rising waters
Sports: Thrill of victory
Chronology: Major events in north Idaho
Marcus Wright: Tax man and tie king
Stanly Easton: Managing Bunker Hill
Teresa Graham: Political activist, civic leader & businesswoman
Sorensen & Johnson: Coeur d'Alene's masters boatbuilders
Frederick A Blackwell: Ambitious Lumberman
Daniel Corbin: Sugar beet farmer
Perry A. Christianson: Honored Educator and Administrator
Gilbert burns: Coeur d'Alene's music man
George T. Williams: Lake city's leading architect
Nellie Stockbridge: Silver valley's prized photographer
Kyle Walker: Nicknamed Mr. Cd'A
Henry SiJohn: Tribal elder loved music & loved to sing
Lawrence Aripa: Tribal storyteller
Louise Shadduck: Idaho's treasure
Harry f. Magnuson: Wallace mining magnate
Looking Ahead: Agriculture
Looking Ahead: Healthy Forests
Looting Ahead: Light manufacturing
Looking Ahead: The labor market
Looking Ahead: Tourism
Looking Ahead: Coeur d'Alene tribe continues quest for success
Looking Ahead: Retail
Looking Ahead: Medicine
Looking Ahead: Mining
Looking Ahead: Transportation
Looking Ahead: Public Ed
Looking Ahead: Real Estate
Looking Ahead: Higher education
Looking Ahead: Banking
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Special publication put out by the Coeur d'Alene Press in March of 1987 for the centennial of the city of Coeur d'Alene.
Headlines:
First there were the Indians
Steamboat played big part in history
Drug use a problem way back when, too
Tubbs Hill named for immigrant
Advertisements as colorful as the times
Region boomed in early 1900s
Presidents Wilson, Taft among visitors
July 4 celebrations kept town hopping
Retired barber recalls snips of Lake City life
The steam boats drew young to the water
On Campus, 1955
Depression, war take toll
Coeur d'Alene nearly became ski town
War years boosted Farragut numbers
Jobs, Taxes & Dollars; Reinvesting in Idaho
The heyday of Playland
Parks and Rec aids young citizens
When everyone came to town to play
Hydroplanes' roar once filled the air
Hagadone Corp. native to Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene Press grew up with city
St. Helens blew her top
Sailing Ahead
100th year was busy in Lake City
Big hotel bright spot on horizon
Population just keeps expanding
Private enterprise works to boost jobs
Kootenai County people fill statistical spectrum
Community looks forward to future
Photo Index
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Special Publication of the Coeur d'Alene Press, Spring 1985
Inside:
Economic overview
Construction
Electronics
Timber
Mining
Employment
Chamber of commerce
Agriculture
Tourism
Retail
North Shore Hotel and Convention Center
Coeur d'Alene Press
Traffic
Park View Tower
Louisiana Pacific Building
First Interstate Plaza
Riverlake Plaza
Region Sewer System
Post Falls Sewer System
Lochaven Square
Cooper's Bay
Kootenai Medical Center
Lake Villa Apartments
Harbor Plaza
Canterbury Cove
Other Projects
Post Falls Projects
Kootenai County Jail
Riverbend
Appleway Square
Harbor Center
Panhandle Health District
Mental Health
Alcohol Rehabilitation
Community Partnership Program
Coeur d'Alene schools
Worley schools
Kootenai schools
Post Falls schools
Private Schools
Lakeland school
North Idaho College
City of Coeur d'Alene
Kootenai County
Post Falls
Rathdrum
Hayden
Hayden Lake
Worley
Athol
Harrison
Dalton Gardens
Spirit Lake
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Special publication by the Spokesman-Review/Spokane Chronicle
Topics in publication:
Racism
White Supremacist
Hayden Lake
Secessionists
51st state
Aryan Nations
Richard Butler
Chuck Peterson (Idaho history preservation)
Kokanee
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Coeur d'Alene Press Article from March 28, 1994 authored by Robert Singletary about the growth of Post Falls:
Topics in article:
Frederick Post
Chief Andrew Seltice
Little Spokane Falls
Treaty Rock
Mill
Rathdrum
Charles Wesley Wood
D.C. Corbin
Spokane and Idaho Railroad
Hauser Junction
Northern Pacific
George Manning
Benjamin Brothers
Hotel Mount Vernon
Post Falls School District Number 7
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Greens Ferry Bridge information
Photo 1:
"The Greens Ferry bridge is no more. Dismantling was accomplished Tuesday when the Lafferty Transportation Co., finished demolishing the structure. High run-off water anticipated and a general deterioration was reasons given by the Highway Department Board for dismantling the bridge." Post Falls Tribune April 15th, 1971.
Photo 2:
"The Greens Ferry bridge is no more. Dismantling was accomplished Tuesday when the Lafferty Transportation Co., finished demolishing the structure. High run-off water anticipated and a general deterioration was reasons given by the Highway Department Board for dismantling the bridge." Post Falls Tribune April 15th, 1971.
Article 1:
"Greens Ferry Bridge Being Dismantled" Post Falls Tribune, April 15, 1971
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Items pertaining to the Pleasant View Road Bridge.
Photo 1:
"The Pleasant View bridge was closed last Wednesday when Bovay Engineers noted a roten supporting member which had let the south end of the bridge sink and become dangerous not only to vehicular traffic but to foot travel as well. The Post Falls Highway District Commissioners say the bridge will be repaired as soon as estimate of the cost can be obtained." Post Falls Tribune May 13, 1971.
Photos 2-5
"The bridge that isolates Pleasant View from direct access to I-90, emergency services, schools, and the Post Falls trading area will be the subject of a bond election April 17th. The election will seek authority for the Post Falls Highway District to issue $550,000 in bonds to remove the remaining structure and restore the river crossing with a 300-foot bridge providing a 32-foot wide roadway..." February 22nd, 1979 edition of the Post Falls Tribune.
Article 1:
"Bridge Closed" Post Falls Tribune May 13, 1971.
Document 1:
Study of the bridge structure ~1978
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Photo 1:
"A 140 foot span of the Post Falls Bridge collapsed early Sunday Morning after an automobile accident had weakened the span. Two automobiles and three men, Bill Jones, Harry Button, and Allen Chaffin went to the bottom with the bridge. All but Chaffin were rescued, and the cars were taken from the debris on Monday" Post Falls Tribune April 1st, 1971.
Photo 2:
"Post Falls City Police car is being towed to shore by Georgia-Pacific tug boat. The car was at the bottom of the river after being involved in the collapse of the Post Falls Bridge." Post Falls Tribune April 1, 1971.
Photo 3:
"Bill Sutton of Jerry's Body Shop, who helped with salvaging the two cars at the bottom of the river, looks over the City Police car, after it had been deposited on the bank of the river." Post Falls Tribune April 1, 1971.
Article 1:
"Flashlight Saves Lives, Leads to Commercial" by Gayle Jones in the Coeur d'Alene Press November 10th, 1976
Article 2:
"PF Bridge Collapses" Post Falls Tribune April 1, 1971.
Video 1:
Video compiled by local Bobby Wilhelm
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Special Post Falls Tribune publication titled Past and Present: A Pictorial Look at Idaho's River City published August 1994.