A journey through Kootenai County history
Roger Stewart points out an element of an exhibit showing Kootenai County's history. Stewart's business, Allegra Coeur d'Alene, designed and installed the exhibit in the Justice Building downtown.
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Liz Boutin, Andy Day and Joel Nelson look at a newly-installed educational exhibit in the Kootenai County Justice Building.
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This 1935 photo, from the Museum of North Idaho collection, features Ruth Hoerschgen Turcotte and June DeGraff Holsendorf, Ladies Champion Tree Fallers from Kingston and Rose Lake.
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A mural featuring photos and writings from Kootenai County's history spans the length of a wall in the Kootenai County courthouse.
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A photo of a man fishing in Hayden Lake appears as part of an educational mural in the Kootenai County Justice Building.
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More than a year of research went into the new exhibits about Kootenai County's history.
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Carl Carter, Courtney Beebe, Andy Day, Liz Boutin, Joel Nelson and Roger Stewart stand before a mural in the Kootenai County courthouse.
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A mural featuring photos and writings from Kootenai County's history spans the length of a wall in the Kootenai County courthouse.
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COEUR d'ALENE — Across the white walls between courtrooms in the Kootenai County Justice Building, a tapestry of words and images unfurls, painting a picture of the region.
"Each mural tells the story of the county," said Courtney Beebe, a public historian and member of the Kootenai County Historic Preservation Commission.
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