Sandpoint Table of Contents

Columbia Communitites: Introduction
Lake Pend Oreille

Kalispel Indians: Pre Contact
Native Land Use
Contact
Fur Traders
Priests
The Reservation
Masselow

Overview of Sandpoint
Early White Settlement

Damming the Pend Oreille
Albeni Falls
Albeni Poirier
Two Plans

Impact of World War II
World War II Comes to Idaho
Farragut Naval Training Station
POWs

Opposition to the Dam
Opposition Intensifies
Floods Make the Case

Albeni Falls Dam
Under Construction

The Logging Industry
Cedar Poles
Decline of the Timber Industry

Flooded Farms
Farming the Pend Oreille
Berries & Christmas Trees
Farmer's Market
Lost Meadowlands

The Completed Dam

Tourism
Kamaloops & Kokanee
Kokanee
Prize Winning Fish
And World Records
Decline

Skiing Sandpoint
Schweitzer
New Skiers

The Arts
Crafts Fairs
Festival at Sandpoint

A Changing Population
Back to the Land
Sandpoint and Race

Conclusion

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