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 The City of Colfax, county seat for Whitman County, is named for Schuyler Colfax, vice president of Ulysses S. Grant. The city’s location is the natural result of the intersection of two rivers and three systems of rails. The first significant industry was logging and lumber milling, but ranching and wheat farming soon followed and a flour mill was added.
The arrival of people to Colfax came relatively late in the settlement of the west, in the late eighteen sixties, by which time Oregon and the Puget Sound had been settled. Colfax was incorporated in 1873. While Colfax failed to get the state land grant college, which ended up in Pullman, it did have the good fortune to be named the county seat. The combination of retail and service businesses and government entities continues to this day.
The topography of the area is a vast region of steep rolling hills whose shape suggested to geologists the name "mammalian," a term more urbanely tasteful than the name given by French trappers to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. The structure of the hills is called aeolean, meaning formed by wind. The soil type is "loess," specifically Palouse loess. It was blown in as dust off the retreating glaciers from the last ice age, about fifteen thousand years ago. The earth is rich and deep, with top soil up to a hundred feet thick. The system of hills is known as the Palouse Hills and the area as the Palouse.
The Palouse is named after the Palouse Indians, a small tribe indigenous to the region that is affiliated with the Nez Perce tribe. The somewhat romanticized horse breed called the Appaloosa originated with these Indians, hence the name "a palouse"—"of the Palouse."
The first white settlers in the area claimed the vast acres of tall bunch grass as grazing land. Because of the relatively low rainfall (about 16 inches annually) it was not taken seriously as farm land. Only the river bottoms and areas watered by springs were originally cultivated. In the 70s and 80s, influenced by immigrants from Eastern Europe who were familiar with similar climatic conditions, farmers began cultivating the Palouse hills and growing winter wheat, a crop that was planted in the fall and harvested the following summer. The Palouse country had found its destiny. With the development of mechanized farming techniques, the Palouse produces enormous crops and farming units have developed into hundreds and even thousands of acres.
Wheat is now one of Washington State’s largest cash crops. The region is also now a world leader in the production of peas, lentils and barley.
The end of the last glacial period left behind another dramatic feature of terrain. Melting glaciers across the Northwest US and southern Canada filled a vast reservoir of water that covered most of present Montana west of the rocky Mountains which geologists called Primitive Lake Missoula. It is described as the largest body of fresh water that ever existed. The lake was impounded in interior Montana by a glacial ice dam in the present day Idaho Panhandle. When this ice plug broke about fifteen thousand years ago, an epic flood was released. It tore a gash north to south through Washington, following the western side of Whitman County. The force and volume of the water gouged and ripped enormous canyons through the basalt bed rock, leaving what is called the channeled scab lands. A striking and dramatic example of this is Palouse Falls, an easy drive west of Colfax. The water falls over two hundred feet into a cirque surrounded by sheer basaltic canyons. Similar canyon walls are frequent throughout Whitman County. Interspersed with the comfortably rolling Palouse Hills, it is easy to think of this landscape as quintessentially western.
Colfax, in fact, retains a distinctly western character. Its citizens are friendly and have a generally outdoorsy orientation. In season, hunting is popular (deer, pheasant, chukars, partridge) and fishing is a local passion. Besides many lakes with trout, the Snake river is about 20 miles from town where there is year-around fishing.
Colfax is also popular with retirees. It has the small town advantage of quiet and pleasant neighborhoods and the convenience of a hospital and medical center, convalescent center, retirement condominium community and assisted living apartments. There is also a golf course, bowling alley, a number of parks, swimming pool, playing fields and a walking/jogging path. The downtown provides retail stores, legal and service establishments and several restaurants—from Arby’s, Taco Time and Subway to a collection of local restaurants offering pizza, Chinese, Mexican and down home American fare.
Pullman, 16 miles south, is the site of Washington State University and gives Colfax proximity to a large campus with a variety of theatrical, musical and athletic events.
Excerpted from http://www.ci.colfax.wa.u
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2/29/2012 - 9/29/2012 -
Community meeting
Colton
A Colton - Uniontown community meeting will be held February 29 starting at 6:30 pm. In the meeting we will review the results of the recent community survey and develop plans on how to improve our communities. The meeting will be held at the Dahmen Barn at 419 N. Park Way in Uniontown. There will be refreshments and drawings for gift certificates.
Related Website:
http://Uniontown.us
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5/19/2012 -
Moving Sale
Palouse
After 14 years on the Palouse we are moving. Lots of stuff has to go. Sale on May 19th runs 9 am to 3 PM. 415 E Maxwell Palouse, WA
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5/24/2012 -
A Tale of Two Cities
Clarkston
(recurring until 6/3/2012)
A Tale of Two CitiesPerforming May 17-June 3, 2012Directed by Fred DoleRated PGTwo men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up in revolution. One last chance for a man to redeem his wasted life and change the world. Based on Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities is a musical that focuses on the love triangle between young beauty Lucie Manette, French aristocrat Charles Darnay and drunken English cynic Sydney Carton - all caught in the clutches of the bloody French Revolution. Appropriate for all ages and audiences, this classic story of love, revolution, and redemption is what the Associated Press called, ‘the return to the era of big blockbusters such as Les Miserables, Phantom, and Miss Saigon.” Samuel French, pub. After a very successful pre-Broadway run in Sarasota, Florida, and many awards, the show opened on Broadway in September of 2008. Two months and 60 performances later, the show was forced to close. Three days before opening, the great 2008 stock market crash took place, and almost all of Broadway was closed down. Now the show is available for production throughout the country and we look forward to being one of the first community theatre to stage it. The play is Broadway at its grandest scale, in the great tradition of Les Miserables.
Related Website:
http://lctheatre.org
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5/24/2012 -
A Tale of Two Cities
Lewiston
(recurring until 6/3/2012)
A Tale of Two CitiesPerforming May 17-June 3, 2012Directed by Fred DoleRated PGTwo men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up in revolution. One last chance for a man to redeem his wasted life and change the world. Based on Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities is a musical that focuses on the love triangle between young beauty Lucie Manette, French aristocrat Charles Darnay and drunken English cynic Sydney Carton - all caught in the clutches of the bloody French Revolution. Appropriate for all ages and audiences, this classic story of love, revolution, and redemption is what the Associated Press called, ‘the return to the era of big blockbusters such as Les Miserables, Phantom, and Miss Saigon.” Samuel French, pub. After a very successful pre-Broadway run in Sarasota, Florida, and many awards, the show opened on Broadway in September of 2008. Two months and 60 performances later, the show was forced to close. Three days before opening, the great 2008 stock market crash took place, and almost all of Broadway was closed down. Now the show is available for production throughout the country and we look forward to being one of the first community theatre to stage it. The play is Broadway at its grandest scale, in the great tradition of Les Miserables.
Related Website:
http://lctheatre.org
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5/24/2012 -
A Tale of Two Cities
Moscow
(recurring until 6/3/2012)
A Tale of Two CitiesPerforming May 17-June 3, 2012Directed by Fred DoleRated PGTwo men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up in revolution. One last chance for a man to redeem his wasted life and change the world. Based on Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities is a musical that focuses on the love triangle between young beauty Lucie Manette, French aristocrat Charles Darnay and drunken English cynic Sydney Carton - all caught in the clutches of the bloody French Revolution. Appropriate for all ages and audiences, this classic story of love, revolution, and redemption is what the Associated Press called, ‘the return to the era of big blockbusters such as Les Miserables, Phantom, and Miss Saigon.” Samuel French, pub. After a very successful pre-Broadway run in Sarasota, Florida, and many awards, the show opened on Broadway in September of 2008. Two months and 60 performances later, the show was forced to close. Three days before opening, the great 2008 stock market crash took place, and almost all of Broadway was closed down. Now the show is available for production throughout the country and we look forward to being one of the first community theatre to stage it. The play is Broadway at its grandest scale, in the great tradition of Les Miserables.
Related Website:
http://lctheatre.org
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5/24/2012 -
A Tale of Two Cities
Pullman
(recurring until 6/3/2012)
A Tale of Two CitiesPerforming May 17-June 3, 2012Directed by Fred DoleRated PGTwo men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up in revolution. One last chance for a man to redeem his wasted life and change the world. Based on Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities is a musical that focuses on the love triangle between young beauty Lucie Manette, French aristocrat Charles Darnay and drunken English cynic Sydney Carton - all caught in the clutches of the bloody French Revolution. Appropriate for all ages and audiences, this classic story of love, revolution, and redemption is what the Associated Press called, ‘the return to the era of big blockbusters such as Les Miserables, Phantom, and Miss Saigon.” Samuel French, pub. After a very successful pre-Broadway run in Sarasota, Florida, and many awards, the show opened on Broadway in September of 2008. Two months and 60 performances later, the show was forced to close. Three days before opening, the great 2008 stock market crash took place, and almost all of Broadway was closed down. Now the show is available for production throughout the country and we look forward to being one of the first community theatre to stage it. The play is Broadway at its grandest scale, in the great tradition of Les Miserables.
Related Website:
http://lctheatre.org
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5/25/2012 - 5/26/2012 -
The Coeur d’Alene Songwriters Festival
Pullman
FREE Concert during the Coeur d’Alene Songwriter’s Festival
Coeur d'Alene City Park ConcertSaturday, May 26 | 2:00 PM | Open to Public!
Featuring Kostas, Hugh Prestwood, Even Stevens, and the Coyote Country Guitar Pull featuring Dustin Lynch and Jaida Dreyer.
Part of: The Coeur d’Alene Songwriters Festival—two days of music and stories by some of the most successful country songwriters of all time—from May 25 to May 26 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Performers at The Coeur d’Alene Songwriters Festival include iconic writers:
□ Even Stevens (“When You’re In Love with a Beautiful Woman” by Dr. Hook, “Drivin’ My Life Away” and “I Love a Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbit, and “Love Will Turn You Around” by Kenny Rogers); two-time Grammy Award–winner
□ Paul Overstreet (“Forever and Ever, Amen” by Randy Travis, “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” by Kenny Chesney, and “Some Beach” by Blake Shelton);
□ Emmy Award–winner Hugh Prestwood (“The Song Remembers When” by Trisha Yearwood and “Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart” by Randy Travis);
□ Kostas (“Timber, I’m Falling in Love” by Patty Loveless and “Ain’t That Lonely Yet” by Dwight Yoakam); contemporary country hit-maker
□ Leslie Satcher (“When God-Fearin’ Women Get the Blues” by Martina McBride and “Politically Uncorrect” by Merle Haggard and Gretchen Wilson
□ Dustin Lynch (“Cowboys and Angels”).
□ Storme Warren will be filing reports for Great American Country during the Songwriter’s Festival too!
The Schedule of Events:
Celebration Garden at Hagadone Event Center on the LakeFriday, May 25 | 7:30 PMFeaturing Paul Overstreet, Even Stevens, Hugh Prestwood, Kostas, Leslie Satcher and Mike Loudermilk.Tickets: Adults - $20, 12 yrs. & Under - $10
Coeur d’Alene City Park ConcertSaturday, May 26 | 2:00 PM | Open to Public!Featuring Kostas, Hugh Prestwood, Even Stevens, and the Coyote Country Guitar Pull featuring Dustin Lynch and Jaida Dreyer.
Sunset Lake CruiseSaturday, May 26 | 6:30 PMFeaturing Paul Overstreet, Leslie Satcher, Even Stevens and Mike LoudermilkTickets - $20 (must be 21+ years of age)
Event Package Tickets
Full event access tickets can be purchased for $35 each.
Includes Celebration Garden Concert and Sunset Lake Cruise Concert.
Or Call The Coeur d'Alene Resort Business Center at 208-765-4000, Ext.21.
Two-Night Songwriters Festival Overnight Package
May 25th & 26th
Enjoy the Songwriters Festival at The Coeur d'Alene Resort with an all-inclusive, two-night overnight stay package including tickets to all the fabulous concerts and events.
•Overnight accommodations
•Two tickets to the Hagadone Event Center Concert Friday evening
•Two tickets to Lakeview Terrace Park Events on Saturday afternoon
•Two tickets to the Sunset Lake Cruise
•Sunday Brunch for two in Dockside Restaurant
Package rates starting at *$428
*Based on availabilty. Does not include tax & surcharge.
For package reservations, call 800-688-5253.
More information: http://www.cdasongwritersfestival.com. Follow all the latest updates on the Coeur d'Alene Songwriters Festival Facebook Page!
Related Website:
http://www.cdasongwritersfestival.com
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5/31/2012 -
A Tale of Two Cities
Clarkston
(recurring until 6/3/2012)
A Tale of Two CitiesPerforming May 17-June 3, 2012Directed by Fred DoleRated PGTwo men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up in revolution. One last chance for a man to redeem his wasted life and change the world. Based on Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities is a musical that focuses on the love triangle between young beauty Lucie Manette, French aristocrat Charles Darnay and drunken English cynic Sydney Carton - all caught in the clutches of the bloody French Revolution. Appropriate for all ages and audiences, this classic story of love, revolution, and redemption is what the Associated Press called, ‘the return to the era of big blockbusters such as Les Miserables, Phantom, and Miss Saigon.” Samuel French, pub. After a very successful pre-Broadway run in Sarasota, Florida, and many awards, the show opened on Broadway in September of 2008. Two months and 60 performances later, the show was forced to close. Three days before opening, the great 2008 stock market crash took place, and almost all of Broadway was closed down. Now the show is available for production throughout the country and we look forward to being one of the first community theatre to stage it. The play is Broadway at its grandest scale, in the great tradition of Les Miserables.
Related Website:
http://lctheatre.org
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5/31/2012 -
A Tale of Two Cities
Lewiston
(recurring until 6/3/2012)
A Tale of Two CitiesPerforming May 17-June 3, 2012Directed by Fred DoleRated PGTwo men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up in revolution. One last chance for a man to redeem his wasted life and change the world. Based on Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities is a musical that focuses on the love triangle between young beauty Lucie Manette, French aristocrat Charles Darnay and drunken English cynic Sydney Carton - all caught in the clutches of the bloody French Revolution. Appropriate for all ages and audiences, this classic story of love, revolution, and redemption is what the Associated Press called, ‘the return to the era of big blockbusters such as Les Miserables, Phantom, and Miss Saigon.” Samuel French, pub. After a very successful pre-Broadway run in Sarasota, Florida, and many awards, the show opened on Broadway in September of 2008. Two months and 60 performances later, the show was forced to close. Three days before opening, the great 2008 stock market crash took place, and almost all of Broadway was closed down. Now the show is available for production throughout the country and we look forward to being one of the first community theatre to stage it. The play is Broadway at its grandest scale, in the great tradition of Les Miserables.
Related Website:
http://lctheatre.org
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5/31/2012 -
A Tale of Two Cities
Moscow
(recurring until 6/3/2012)
A Tale of Two CitiesPerforming May 17-June 3, 2012Directed by Fred DoleRated PGTwo men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up in revolution. One last chance for a man to redeem his wasted life and change the world. Based on Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities is a musical that focuses on the love triangle between young beauty Lucie Manette, French aristocrat Charles Darnay and drunken English cynic Sydney Carton - all caught in the clutches of the bloody French Revolution. Appropriate for all ages and audiences, this classic story of love, revolution, and redemption is what the Associated Press called, ‘the return to the era of big blockbusters such as Les Miserables, Phantom, and Miss Saigon.” Samuel French, pub. After a very successful pre-Broadway run in Sarasota, Florida, and many awards, the show opened on Broadway in September of 2008. Two months and 60 performances later, the show was forced to close. Three days before opening, the great 2008 stock market crash took place, and almost all of Broadway was closed down. Now the show is available for production throughout the country and we look forward to being one of the first community theatre to stage it. The play is Broadway at its grandest scale, in the great tradition of Les Miserables.
Related Website:
http://lctheatre.org
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5/31/2012 -
A Tale of Two Cities
Pullman
(recurring until 6/3/2012)
A Tale of Two CitiesPerforming May 17-June 3, 2012Directed by Fred DoleRated PGTwo men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up in revolution. One last chance for a man to redeem his wasted life and change the world. Based on Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities is a musical that focuses on the love triangle between young beauty Lucie Manette, French aristocrat Charles Darnay and drunken English cynic Sydney Carton - all caught in the clutches of the bloody French Revolution. Appropriate for all ages and audiences, this classic story of love, revolution, and redemption is what the Associated Press called, ‘the return to the era of big blockbusters such as Les Miserables, Phantom, and Miss Saigon.” Samuel French, pub. After a very successful pre-Broadway run in Sarasota, Florida, and many awards, the show opened on Broadway in September of 2008. Two months and 60 performances later, the show was forced to close. Three days before opening, the great 2008 stock market crash took place, and almost all of Broadway was closed down. Now the show is available for production throughout the country and we look forward to being one of the first community theatre to stage it. The play is Broadway at its grandest scale, in the great tradition of Les Miserables.
Related Website:
http://lctheatre.org
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