Moving History Forward: The Desert Hotel: A Coeur d’Alene Landmark, 1905-1972
The Desert Hotel was destroyed by fire on June 25, 1972. Firemen from Coeur d’Alene, Rathdrum and Spirit Lake battled the blaze for nearly nine hours.
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The Hotel Idaho built in 1905 was the business and social center for Coeur d’Alene for more than 60 years.
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Editor's note: Originally printed in the Kootenai Chronicles series, Coeur d'Alene Press, December 1994....
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