Historical Spirit Lake, Idaho and Vicinity

By Jan Spencer and F. Keith Spencer

This is the amazing story of a small city transformed from raw wilderness to a modern, bustling town and major industrial area in only eight months. The story begins with the geological formation of the Spirit Lake area and then the area?s first settlers in 1881, Fredrick Blackwell?s role in developing the region, logging, Chautauquas, the Idaho &Washington Northern Railroad, the Idaho Logging Railway, Panhandle Lumber Co., the fire, and then the decline and the revitalization of Spirit Lake. Also includes the history of Blanchard and Twin Lakes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 098252207X
• ISBN13: 9780982522073
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Museum of North Idaho Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.0"