By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Thanks to the Sandpoint Historic Preservation Commission, with an assist from the Bonner County Museum, residents and visitors alike are able to hold an abundance of Sandpoint history in...
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...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Have you ever known that guy or gal who seems to know everything about North Idaho history? I mean everything. Give them the name of a bar and the...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: This is the fourth installment of the “Dark History” series, highlighting the rough-and-ready days of Old Sandpoint. These articles are meant as a companion piece to “The...
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,...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If these walls could talk, who knows what stories they would tell. If you trace history back far enough, you might find that just about every historic building in...
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...
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist In this final article about the “Early” days, I thought I would talk about some of our more memorable jobs with Boles Construction. The Oddfellows remodel: we got the...
