Bonner County History - Aug. 18, 2022
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Bonner County Historical
Society and Museum
611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864
208-263-2344
50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
Aug. 18, 1972 – SWAMPED BY WAVES
An outboard craft owned by Mrs. Lavina Littlejohn tied up at the Edgewater Motel dock was swamped Monday night during an electrical and windstorm. Waves carried enough water over the stern, which faced the wind, to cause the unhappy situation. The Monday evening storm also brought minor tree damage to the Lake Pend Oreille area and caused a brief power outage in Sandpoint. High winds were noted throughout the area, but only briefly.
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HOT WEATHER SENDS BIG FISH DEEP
Two 18-pounder Kamloops were the largest fish registered at resorts around Lake Pend Oreille during the past two weeks. With summer weather prevailing for an extended time for the first time this season, temperatures have been high, up to 100 degrees on one occasion. Temperatures in the 80s and 90s were regular during a good share of the period, warming the lake’s water and sending the big ones deeper.
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TRUNNELL’S BARN BURNED
Northside Fire Association fought fire for two hours at Oden on Aug. 9, but a barn loaded with more than 10 tons of hay was too hot and far gone to save. Mrs. Heber Trunnell reported her barn on fire at 11:30 a.m. The fire department responded with three trucks. One pumper and two tankers put four tanker-loads of water on the hot fire. A state forestry fire truck also arrived and firemen borrowed its supply of water. The hay was still burning that evening. Art Burnett helped keep a surrounding area wet down with a garden hose.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Aug. 18, 1922 – HURT AT TALACHE
Archie Gollen, working on the 700-foot level at the Talache mine Tuesday, was struck by a small rock fall and knocked unconscious for about 20 minutes. He was treated at the mine by Dr. C.P. Stackhouse and later brought to Sandpoint.
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PIONEERS HONOR DAVID THOMPSON
Near the historic spot where David Thompson in Sept. 1809 built “Kullyspell House” on the shores of Lake Pend d’Oreille, a band of pioneers held the first picnic of the Bonner County Historical society, which had its inception recently in Clarksfork through efforts of Compton White, Mrs. A.R. Derr and other Clarksfork valley residents. The occasion drew a good crowd from Sandpoint and the east end of the county and in the crowd were the faces of Joe Shevelear, Nate Sisson, Mrs. George Holton, Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Farmin, James Owens and other early day settlers. Lunch was spread under the trees back from the shores of Sand bay, and from the stump of a one-time giant of the forest, Compton White called the gathering together to hear anecdotes of Thompson. The distinction of being the first trading post opened for commercial trading in the Oregon Country south of the 49th parallel belongs to his Kullyspell house, which consisted of two log houses, one for the trading goods and furs, the other for the use of his men. After two years, the post was deserted in favor of Spokane House, built in 1810.
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