HUCKLEBERRIES: A Western delicacy with local fans
In 1985, Snake Pit cook Donna Pollard grills Rocky Mountain oysters.
Photo courtesy of the Coeur d'Alene Press archives
Probably in 1985, Joe Peak, left, samples Rocky Mountain oysters, a delicacy that Josie Bates put on the menu.
In 1985, Vic Beeman, left, tends the helm as Greg Matelich mans the sheets and winches.
In 1970, Mrs. Ralph Nicholson with First Baby Meredith Rae.
In 1985, Deborah Williams with First Baby Haylie Jo.
In 1975, Ruth Derr with First Baby John Michael.
In 1995, owner Tom Robb is shown in his Iron Horse office.
In 2005, Jadyn Smith, 5, protests with her mother, Jennifer, during a public discussion about Sanders Beach.
In 2005, Mandy Jacques flourishes as a Coeur d’Alene firefighter.
In 2000, Skate Plaza manager John King rewards fifth grader Bethany Adams.
Al Bates’s taste for Rocky Mountain oysters outlived him.
Al was smitten by the farm-animal delicacy while working on a Montana sheep ranch.
“That was his main dish,” widower Josie Bates told Coeur d’Alene Press readers Jan. 5, 1985. “Every Sunday morning, he had to have his Rocky Mountain oysters.”
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