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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AIZ_giver-of-parks_Potlatch-ID.html
... was a man who had many gifts to share. Perhaps the largest gift he ever bestowed was this state park; 4,400 acres of which he donated in 1955, in memory of his mother Mary Minerva McCroskey. Virgil was anything but a selfish man. He received g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM235D_white-pine-scenic-byway_Potlatch-ID.html
Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes is a 73 mile long bike trail built on the original Union Pacific railroad grade.
During 1884 silver was discovered in the valley.
During 1888, construction began on a rail line between P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22MN_company-town_Potlatch-ID.html
Spokane architect C. Ferris White designed the new community in 1905.
Workers' housing stood close to the mill.
Managers' homes were built away from the plant's noise and smoke.
The railroad depot separated town from industry.
All company owne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22MM_worlds-largest-mill_Potlatch-ID.html
Expanding operations to the West, Weyerhaeuser timber barons invested in Idaho's prime white pine stands.
By 1920, their mill was cutting 175 million board feet each year.
Logs and lumber were moved by the Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway t…