A connection to the past
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s often said that journalists write the “first draft of history.” In the case of North Idaho native and former journalist Gary Pietsch, he has a chance to add...
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Leading ladies of the local past
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Bonner County Museum curator Heather Upton showed her “Tales From the Wardrobe” exhibit, the elaborate dresses and constricting whalebone corsets that the women of Bonner County wore around...
‘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,...
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,...
What’s in a name? (pt. 4)
By Ben Olson Reader Staff This is the fourth installment of an ongoing series exploring the origins of where we got some of our placenames from. Last week, we covered Newport/Oldtown, Scotchman Peak, Talache,...
Movies in the Park: Back for the summer
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County History Museum is presenting Movies in the Park for the third year this summer. There are plenty of reasons the event persists — it brings local...
Railroad exhibit shines light on Sandpoint history
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The history of the railroad is a key part of the Sandpoint community. It’s fitting, then, that the community played a key part in capturing its legacy with a...
Historic photos to spruce up downtown fire damage
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Downtown Sandpoint took an aesthetic hit when a fire gutted several historic buildings in early February. Just as locals gear up for the tourist-heavy summer season, however, the city...
Exhibit celebrates Schweitzer’s early years
By Reader Staff The Bonner County History Museum is excited to announce its newest exhibit, “The Early Years of Schweitzer,” is now on display at Schweitzer Mountain Resort in Lakeview Lodge (just outside of...
Museum renovates iconic caboose
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Bonner County History Museum is excited to announce that the newly-curated caboose is now open to the public for viewing. The yellow Spokane International Railway/Union Pacific caboose that...
