Bonner County History - Aug. 13, 2026

Brought to you by the

Bonner County Historical

Society and Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

and Sandpoint Bee

Aug. 13, 1976 – WINSLOW REGISTERED 

The Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses announces the licensing of Michael Winslow, Sandpoint, as a registered barber. He and eight others successfully completed their tests last month. 

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TIGER-SHARKS ARE COLT LEAGUE CHAMPS 

The first-ever champions of the new SYAA Colt League are the Sandpoint Tiger-Sharks, who won the title 3-1 over Southside last weekend, after a perfect 12-0 season. Coached by Al Kluver and Kack Raynor, the players are Mike Reno, Darwin Forell, Todd Raynor, Eric Thompson, Pat Perry, Brian Czarapata, Jeff Cates, Hung Kincaid, Rollie Schoonover, Jeffry Bill, Jeff Baker and Steve Kluver.  

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WILLIAM STEVENS GETS PROMOTION 

Marine Gunnery Sergeant William R. Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Stevens of Rapid Lightning Creek Rd., was meritoriously promoted while serving at the MCAS, Cherry Point, N.C. A 1961 SHS graduate, he joined the Marines in June 1961.  

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McPHERSON COMPLETES TRAINING 

AB Monte G. McPherson, a 1976 SHS graduate who completed basic military training in the U.S. Air Force at Lackland AFB, Texas, is now in technical training school at Chanute AFB, Il. McPherson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene McPherson of Dover.  

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Aug. 13, 1951 – PUBLIC VISTA AREA  

The public will now be able to see construction work at the Cabinet Gorge dam site on the Clark Fork river. An observation point has been cleared and a safety fence erected on high ground on the north side of the river a short distance downstream from where the dam and power house will soon take form. The vista area can be reached by an access road from Hwy. 10-A, and will be open daily during daylight hours. It gives a sweeping view of the construction area where some 900 men are now doing preliminary work on the $40,000,000 project.  

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TO TOUR FARM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS 

A tour Monday of county sprinkler systems will allow visitors to view different types of sprinkler irrigation systems and compare costs and results. The tour starts at the Byron Chronic farm south of Sandpoint, where 50 acres of hay and pasture land is irrigated with water from Algoma lake. The Lloyd Hatcher farm at Westmond, next on the tour, uses water from Cocolalla lake. At the Clark and Dawson ranch in the Morton area, an 1,800 foot ditch brings water by gravity from a creek running out of Jewel lake. The Phillips place at Morton has 30 acres of pasture and sunflower under irrigation from the Pend Oreille river. The tour concludes at the Glen Judge farm at Morton, where the sprinkler system is set up for grass nursery trials. Each of the farms on the tour has different problems and soil conditions. About 400 of the county’s 50,000 available acres of farmland are now under sprinkler systems.

For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.