One room to school them all
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs Reader Contributors Scrambling onto his brother’s shoulders and waving his arms wildly in the air, he knew he could catch the teacher’s eye. Spotting the young boy above...
Tagged: Bonner County history
Mysteries of the Deep: Part 3
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs Reader Contributors Her speech well rehearsed, she had just settled into a light doze when a touch of turbulence brought her back to attention. She glanced out the...
Mysteries of the deep
By Hannah Combs Reader Contributor In this three-part series, we explore the formation of Lake Pend Oreille and the things that may lurk in its unknown depths. In August 1866, Civil War General Thomas...
Escape to the lake and the advent of tourism
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs Reader Contributors Laying her luggage on the bed (a real innerspring mattress, just like back home), she steps out the door and across the lawn to scope out...
Trees as old as time
By Hannah Combs Reader Contributor My first spring in Sandpoint, I visited a friend at her cabin and she wouldn’t let me leave without a visit to “the big tree.” The property behind her...
Beehives to bangs: Hair through the ages
By Hannah Combs Reader Contributor Have you found yourself lately standing in front of the mirror, hoping that quarantine will last the three months it takes to flesh out a proper handlebar mustache? Have...
Wildlife: Friend or faux pas?
By Hannah Combs Special to the Reader Courtesy of the Bonner County Historical Society and Museum Since the last of the snow melted, I have been scattering small piles of birdseed around the lawn,...
What’s in a name? (pt. 2)
By Ben Olson Reader Staff This is the second installment of an ongoing series exploring the origins of where we got some of our placenames from. Last week, we covered Pend d’Oreille, Sandpoint, Priest...
What’s in a name? (pt. 1)
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I’ve always been fascinated by how something gets its name. People have been asking questions about the origins of words since the time of the Greek philosophers. Why is...
