Sandpoint, Idaho

Bonner County

16-72100

Sandpoint is a city in the so-called Idaho Panhandle in the north of the U.S. state of Idaho. In 2000 the town had 6835 inhabitants. Sandpoint is part of Bonner County, whose county seat holding the city. Sandpoint is the birthplace of Sarah Palin, who has a candidate on the side of John McCain for the office of Vice President in the presidential election in the United States in 2008.

History

The Flathead, especially the Kalispel and Kootenai beat their summer villages on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, where they fished, baskets made ​​of cedar and berries collected before they migrated in autumn to their winter quarters in present-day Montana and Washington today. This yearly hike ended at the beginning of the 1930s.

During the 1880s, the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad European and Chinese settlers brought to the area.

In August 1888, the then twenty-nine author and civilian employees of Theodore Roosevelt Sandpoint visited on a hunting trip in the Selkirk Mountains and described this stay. Roosevelt described "Sand Point" rough and dull.

Sand Point was founded in 1898 registered as a City.

The logging and the railroad drove the economy of the town for nearly a decade when the loggers came from the already largely deforested region of the Great Lakes to Idaho. Various companies are operating in the region since 1896, others have ceased operations in the meantime. The best known of these companies was the " Humbird Lumber Company ", which was active from 1900 to about 1944. The timber companies bought the land from the railroad company and established in Sandpoint and in neighboring Kootenai large sawmills. Spurs that belonged to these logging companies, extended into side valleys, such as the Grouse Creek or at Gold Creek. Although the trees in the area was not completely cleared, Humbird Lumber suffered from low prices due to the global economic crisis and finally had to stop the activity.

Agriculture and pastoralism were the third most important economic factor before the Lake Pend Oreille was discovered in the 1950s as a destination for sports and recreational anglers. During the Second World War the local economy experienced a boom through the Farragut Naval Station on the south end of Lake Pend Oreille, where the United States Navy maintained a training center.

The opening of the tourist area at Schweitzer Mountain in 1963 made ​​the area a year-round destination. The beauty of the surrounding Selkirk and Cabinet Mountains and Lake Pend Oreille Sandpoint themselves have made ​​popular with anglers, boaters, hunters, hikers, riders and skiers.

In August 2006, an international film festival took place for the first time in Sandpoint. In this common on the beach and in the historical independent Panida Theatre Movies bezeigt and facilitative discussions and workshops held. It was the first film festival in the interior northwestern United States.

Economy

Among the local companies include Litehouse ( a manufacturer for salad dressing), Coldwater Creek ( a retailer of women's clothing ), Encoder Products and percussion Aire ( a manufacturer of medical instruments).

Since 2002, here's Quest Aircraft resident. The company manufactures a ten -seat single-engine turbo -prop aircraft that is especially tailored to the needs of missionary and relief organizations operating in remote areas of the world.

Transport links

Sand Point is located on the International Selkirk Loop and two designated a National Scenic Byways roads, the Wild Horse Trail and the Pend Oreille Scenic Byway.

The railway line Amtrak serves Sandpoint with the Empire Builder, the new daily service between Union Station in Chicago (Illinois ) and Seattle (Washington) / Portland ( Oregon). The Sandpoint Amtrak is the only stop this train line in Idaho.

Sights and Attractions

• The Bonner County Historical Museum displays exhibits of the original inhabitants of the area of fur traders, steamboats and railroads.
• In the Cedar Street Bridge Publik Market, there are small shops and studios of artisans.
• Cruises on Lake Pend Oreille offers boat trips with historic ships.
• On the shore of the lake there is a public beach, a marina and sailing school.
• The Pend Oreiile Winery produces wines in the traditional manner, such as Chardonnay or Huckleberry Blue.
• The Round Lake State Park is a place for camping, hiking, swimming and wildlife watching. It lies about 16 km from Sand Point.
• The Schweitzer Mountain Resort is a ski resort in winter and in summer offers horseback riding, hiking or down-hill mountain biking on. A lift is open all year round.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 6835 people Sandpoint. The population density was 676.7 people per km ². There were 3188 housing units at an average 315.6 per km ². The population consisted of Hoquiams 96.24 % White, 0.12 % African American, 1.01% Native American, 0.41 % Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 0.47 % reported other races to belong and 1.71 % from two or more races. 2.46 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents Sand Points distributed to 2873 households out of which 31.7 % were living in children under 18 years. 40.5% married couples living together, 13.8 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.5 % were non-families. 34.5% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 14.1 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size is 2.94.

The city population was spread out with 25.8 % under the, 9.8 % 18 -24- year-old, 26.9 % 25 -44- year-old, 22.0% 45-64 year olds and 15.4 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 87.4 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 83.2 men.

The median household income in Sandpoint was 32 ​​461 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 41 596 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 35,533 U.S. dollars, compared to 20,795 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Sandpoint was 20,643 U.S. dollars. 18.0 % of the population and 14.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 27.9 % of minors and 5.1 % of those age 65 or over.

Personalities

• Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, was born here
• Jerry Kramer, former right guard of the Green Bay Packers, grew up here
• Joe Mather, outfielder of the St. Louis Cardinals, was born here
• Patrick F. McManus, writer, was born here
• Marilynne Robinson, author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, was born here

Gallery

Bernd building of 1907

Stele on the beach front of Sandpoint

Stele on the beach at Sand Point Rear