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