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MOVING HISTORY FORWARD Frederick Blackwell: A man of vision

In the early 1900s, Frederick A. Blackwell, a very successful lumberman from Pennsylvania, and his son, Russell, visited North Idaho to check on reports about abundant timber resources in this part of the country. His trip confirmed that those reports were true. He immediately formed a lumber company and began …

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MOVING HISTORY FORWARD J.C. White: A man of action, big ideas

Early Saturday morning, Nov. 16, 2019, a professional house moving crew lifted the former 1903 home of J.C. White off its original foundation at 805 Sherman Ave., and moved it very slowly and carefully to the Museum of North Idaho’s new complex near Tubbs Hill. I have a feeling that …

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