HUCKLEBERRIES: Cd'A, going up
Operator Tom Cramer of Rathdrum at the controls of a giant crane.
Photo courtesy of The Coeur d'Alene Press archives
Crane operator Tom Cramer descends a 160-foot ladder.
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The marquee of the old Roxy theater helped save four lives.
Photo courtesy of The Coeur d'Alene Press archives
Firefighter Kenny Gabriel douses a practice burn at old Gibbs Tavern.
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In 1964, Western Frontiers purchased the old railroad switch yards on the downtown shore.
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North Idaho College sophomore Cindy Barnes studied in the October 1978 sunshine on Tubbs Hill with the old North Shore Resort Hotel in the background.
Photo courtesy of The Coeur d'Alene Press archives
Seaplane pilots Tom Emerson, left, and Bill Brooks hobnob after landing on Fernan Lake.
Photo courtesy of Kyle Walker
Earl and Mabel Hunter.
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Coeur d’Alene residents are accustomed now to towering cranes downtown, lifting high-rises into existence.
But that wasn't the case 40 years ago.
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