Mad About Science: Medieval Horses
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Horses have been a pretty central part of human civilization for thousands of years. They’ve pulled things for us, they’ve delivered things for us, they carry us: They literally...
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History makes its debut
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer “Destiny” and “fate” aren’t words to be used lightly, but in the case of the Carousel of Smiles story, they might be the only appropriate descriptors. When Clay...
The Traffic Transition: A look back on the big switch-over
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff For some residents, the change to two-way traffic in downtown Sandpoint may feel like it came out of nowhere. Even so, it’s a transition that has been decades in...
That earlier era of national dread
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor The reason journalism giants Ben and Cameron like me to write for the Reader is because I’m old. They invite me to remember things. I can recall pre-nursery school...
Dark History: The night the cribs burned in Old Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: This is the third installment on an ongoing series highlighting the “Dark History” of Old Sandpoint. The Bonner County History Museum helped provide information for this article,...
Dark History: A story of prostitution and attempted murder in Old Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff This article is meant to be a companion of the Bonner County History Museum’s current exhibit: “The Dark Days of Sandpoint,” which is well worth a look if you...
‘I saw the mushroom cloud’
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist After being honorably discharged from the Army Air Corps in 1945, my dear friend Howard Riggs held various construction management positions and worked abroad in Saudi Arabia, Iran and...
A brief history of farmers’ markets in Sandpoint
By Nancy Foster Renk Reader Contributor It was a warm spring morning, the first Saturday in May, and I heard the marimba music several blocks away. The joyful sounds drew me to Farmin Park...
