HUCKLEBERRIES: A new music man and other visionaries
Michael Koep of Koep Concerts and his VW van, named Samwise Gamgee.
Photo courtesy of The Coeur d'Alene Press archives
In January 1964, Frances Cope became Coeur d’Alene Press editor.
In 1973, Art Manley ate lunch along the St. Joe River.
Duane Hagadone, shown as a young man practicing his swing, enjoyed golfing. And that passion was at play when he built his renowned golf course.
Cliff Harris has shared his weather wisdom with Press readers for decades.
In the left photo, Coeur d’Alene restaurateur Bill Webster, left, shares a gag gift with baseball great Lefty O’Doul. In the right photo, New York Yankee great Joe Dimaggio waves to a crowd of 900 in the old North Shore Motor Inn.
Kenneth Warehouse (with sign) gets a warm sendoff from Mayor Perry Christianson and others as he begins his annual 35-mile March of Dimes walk.
The carcasses of 13 coyotes were hung on an oversized clothesline west of the Desert Hotel as part of an Athletic Round Table contest to eliminate the predators.
The Weeks Field hunting team of Darrell Baldwin and John Ruthven with some of their 14 kills in January 1949.
Many wondered whether a popular summer concert series in Coeur d’Alene and Hayden would survive without promoter Chris Guggemos.
Michael Koep, an 11th-hour replacement, provided the answer last year after Chris’s death in September 2022: A resounding yes.
The sound, style, and venues of the Koep Concerts in 2023 mimicked the ones offered by Chris and his Handshake Productions during the previous 31 years. And that was intentional.
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