When the Mill Whistle Blew : The Way It Was in Coeur dAlene Country 1888-1955

English

ISBN: 0982522010

EAN: 9780982522011

Category: Family & Relationships / Family Relationships/History / United States / General/

Publisher: Museum of North Idaho

Release Date: 12/31/2009

Synopsis: The story of two pioneer families, who moved to North Idaho, proved up on homestead land and became acquainted when a matchmaker successfully made an introduction. Their toughness and hard work helped them overcome tragedies and hardships and led to development of orchards, farmland, a logging railroad and silver mine. We experience their everyday life told with humor, sadness and insight. Coeur dAlene was a lumbering town and the mill whistles regulated mens work hours and also the populations daily comings and goings. Downtown Coeur dAlene in the 1940s and 1950s is pictured as seen through the eyes of a boy and teenager. The little neighborhood stores, the schools, teachers, classmates and people who made the city go are all here, many described with funny stories.

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When the Mill Whistle Blew : The Way It Was in Coeur dAlene Country 1888-1955

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Pages: 208