Moving History Forward: Organized sports in early Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene Eskimos Ice Hockey Team (from left): Van Richardson, Glen Nylen, Gordon Reed, Ollie Gillette, Don McDonald, "K" on sweaters are from Kimberly, B.C., Harry Wilson, Earl Faulkner. Kneeling: Glen Gillett and Joe Whyte. First lady on left in back is Mrs. Joe Whyte.
Photo courtesy of THE MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO
First Girls' Basketball Team at Coeur d'Alene High School, 1906 (from left): Mary Smith, Julia Cheatam, Bernice Robertson, Mary Roche, Edith Wells (sister of H. P. Glindeman), Margaret Thomson (later Mrs. John T. Wood) and Laura Smith.
Photo courtesy of THE MUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO
During the active years of Fort Sherman (1880s-90s), baseball was a popular team sport played among the various platoons, companies from other forts in the region and local towns. Until Coeur d’Alene had its own baseball diamond sometime after 1900, these games were played on the Fort’s parade grounds...
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