Ganesha in Coeur d’Alene
A metal statue of the Hindu god Ganesha, placed in downtown Coeur d’Alene, launches protests in 2011.
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Ryan Schaefer, center in green, supports the Ganesha statue in 2011 while protesters across Sixth Street don’t.
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Hunter Martha Cook surveys the legendary Three-Legged Bear of Avery in 1976.
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An undated photo, held as evidence by the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, shows Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Brainard at Brainard’s service station. Mrs. Brainard died in the autumn before her husband’s 1931 murder.
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Pioneers L.C. and Mary Shadduck of Dalton Gardens celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in 1956.
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Red Hot Mamas Mikki Stevens, left, and Karen Welts race through Albertson’s to collect boxes of groceries for parade costumes in 2002.
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Congressman Compton White raises the U.S. flag over the almost complete Kootenai Memorial Hospital in 1966. Chairman John Richards of the hospital board holds the flag’s bunting for the flagpole dedication.
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Realtor John Beutler, right, talks with clients Rick Munson, left, and Mark Johnson after listing the Wagstaff House on East Lakeshore Drive.
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A monument honoring legendary flag maker Betsy Ross at Forest Cemetery is impressive, but not accurate.
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Four arms and an elephant head once drove this town bonkers.
On June 10, 2011, the launch of Coeur d’Alene’s ArtCurrents program, including the unveiling of a 5-foot statue of the Hindu god Ganesha, attracted protesters and counter-protesters.
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