A photo of the St. Joe River on Dec. 22, 1933. Fred Murphy had to navigate all night up this flood, in the dark and without the usual navigational aids in place to deliver supplies to the stranded CCC workers.
October 29, 2021
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Moving History Forward: Fred Murphy and the Flood of 1933
It would have been impossible to live in Coeur d’Alene through the middle of the 20th Century without knowing who Fred Murphy was.