The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-03-01
CGCR Dv<fLENE.
The..West Shore for February.

1ne. west SnOre Tor February.
70 The Ceur d Alene Range extend
q from Lake Pend d Oreille, distance c
s. 200 miles southeastward, until it disap
}. pears in the main ridge Ct the Rock,
Mountains, being called at the southern
end the Bitter Root Mountains, the
: summit ridge of the whole range form
: ing the boundary line between Idaho
c and Montans. Near the western base
: of the extrtm me northern end lies Lake
Coeur d'Alene, one of the most beauti-
FIJI sheets of water in the world, and
into this pour the Ceur d. Alene and s..
Joseph rivers, flowing down from the
mountain SUBMITS. At the northern end
of the lake is Fort Ceur d. Alene, a
United States military post, the land on
the east, south and west side of the lake
bong embraced in an Indian reservation
Thirty miles up the Ceur d. Alene
River, at the eX RENE northeast corner
of the reservation, is the Ceur d'Alene
Mission, Catholic institution of long
standing. The United States military
road laid out in 1862 from Walla Walla
to Fort Benton, by Captain John Mullan
and known as Mullan Road, runs from
Spokane Falls to the Fort, thence to
the Mission, and thence across the
mountains into Montana. A military
telegraph line connects the Fort with
Spokane Falls.
The mines, such as are located, are
on the north fork of Ceur d. Alene |
River and its { tfluents, such as Eagle,
Pritchard and Beaver creeks, and many
gulches that put into them. At the
junction of Eagle and Pritchard creeks
is Eagle City, the present metropolis,
busting mining camp of brush shanties
and log cabins, which has sprung up
during the fall and winter, and which is
rapidly increasing in size by the stream
of adventures who are daily struggling
in through the snow.
The routes of travel are numerous,
and as usual there is great rivalry be-
tween the towns lying along the North
ern Pacific as to which shall become the
'avorite point of departure for the
mines and the transhipping pont for
supplies. On the west side of the I
Spokane Falls and Ratt DIR m
.spire this honor, each OF which has a {
laily stage line to the Fort. From the
ormer it is twenty-seven miles and
rom the latter ten. From the Fort there
re two routes-one by the way of Null
In Road to the Missi On, distance of b
lirty miles, and thence by trail thirty
We miles to Eagle City, and the other d
y steamer across the lake and up the ID
YER. Cear d. Alene City is a town "
i'd out on beautiful site near the Fort
ON which the steamer line will rnu. te
NO steamers are being constructed, ri
hich will be pls ced on the line by the Ct
It of April, and are expected to take &c
lssengers up the river to within eight >,
lies of Eagls City. Ceur d. Alene City Sc
expected to be the great depot for 81
pplies, the rail- ying point in winter III
ID the Quitting and final starting
int for the mines. A transportation ~ ~
mpany has been organized at Spo- q,
ne Falls, which will build q good m
I'D from the Mullan Road to Eagle oh
ty, and will run daily stages from Spo-
ne Falls making the trip in twenty s SOL
-ee hours. AS Spokane Falls is the "a
'gest place on the railroad within a,
lch OF the mines, this will no doubt sic
q favorite route. Rathdrum, in wa
tho, i, few miles nearer the Fort h.
IN its rival, and has always been the Gre
lway station for that section. There dis
much talk OF constructing road ch'
oss the mountains and make short -
to the mines, instead of following q
circuItous route by the way Of the
t and Mission. Sand Point, at the
of Lake Pend d Oreille, also. enters
list, proposing to put on a line tf
,mers, running forty miles south,
n which place it will be only few
es to the mines.
"a the Montana side, Heron, Trout
elk Cor Tone City, and Belknap, all l.
ions on the Northern Pacific, are
il starting points to the mines, with ga,
Oh they are connected by trails only. \
on is the nearest, as the crow flies,
not by the trail. Trout Creek, or
Q City, where there is much excite
It over town lots, has until recently
j considered the most accessible @
It, being about thirty five miles from prs
le, City by the trail. Balknap is aIon