History on the menu
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
W
e tend to think of the foods in our Thanksgiving spread as the definition of “traditional” American fare — as intrinsic to our provincial …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
W
e tend to think of the foods in our Thanksgiving spread as the definition of “traditional” American fare — as intrinsic to our provincial …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
This year marks half a century since locals teamed up to officially incorporate the Bonner County Historical Society and, in turn, envision a home for …
By Zach Hagadone
Special to the Reader
This article is part of a series supported by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council and sponsored by Friends of the Scotchman …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The so-called “Timber Wars” are generally described as having occurred in the 1980s and ’90s. It was a period of conflict waged in both the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Among the most interesting historical sources are the messages soldiers send home from the battlefront. Not so much for what they tell us about the …
By Ed Ohlweiler
Reader Contributor
Just who was this luminary comet of a man? This figure whose heart failed at the young age of 38 and yet at different times …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The term “historic partnership” gets used a lot, but is rarely so apt as in the case of the Museum Guild, which will celebrate its …
By Zach Hagadone
Special to the Reader
The first part of this article appeared in the Feb. 3 edition of the Reader. Find it online at sandpointreader.com.
‘A national ownership’…
By Zach Hagadone
Special to the Reader
This story winds through the earliest days of economic development in North Idaho taking in the booms and busts of the first half …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Some moments in American history will be remembered forever. One such moment occurred on Aug. 28, 1963, about 100 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed …
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