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Entertaining Sandpoint: They “seemed to be having an awful good time”

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Nancy Foster Renk

It was the highlight of the 1892 social calendar: a Washington’s birthday dance at the Spinks Hotel. Mr. Spinks, the genial proprietor and “champion yarn-spinner of the Panhandle,” issued an open invitation to Sandpoint residents. All were welcome, he announced … Continue reading →

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