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All documents yielding information about Rathdrum that were once in the Kootenai County courthouse are cited and discussed in this book. The period is from the "organization" of Kootenai County (1881) to the fire that decimated Rathdrum in 1924 with mention of pertinent factors that led to the choice of Rathdrum as county seat. Stories and pictures from the area donated by a number of older residents were woven Into this web of facts. And historical myths were evaluated from the results. The author has been a resident of Rathdrum for 40 years and has a number of graduate degrees. Personality tests indicate the author is conscientious, analytical and extroverted.
The result of more than twenty years' research, this seven-volume book lists over 23,000 people and 8,500 marriages, all related to each other by birth or marriage and grouped into families with the surnames Brandt, Cencia, Cressman, Dybdall, Froelich, Henry, Knutson, Kohn, Krenz, Marsh, Meilgaard, Newell, Panetti, Raub, Richardson, Serra, Tempera, Walters, Whirry, and Young. Other frequently-occurring surnames include: Greene, Bartlett, Eastman, Smith, Wright, Davis, Denison, Arnold, Brown, Johnson, Spencer, Crossmann, Colby, Knighten, Wilbur, Marsh, Parker, Olmstead, Bowman, Hawley, Curtis, Adams, Hollingsworth, Rowley, Millis, and Howell. A few records extend back as far as the tenth century in Europe. The earliest recorded arrival in the New World was in 1626 with many more arrivals in the 1630s and 1640s. Until recent decades, the family has lived entirely north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
History and biography of the Pacific Northwest; local history for towns in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia.