Trail System of Lake & River Region reached by Red Collar S.S. Line (1910)

ID: 5567 ~ Source: Image courtesy of: Washington State University, Historic Maps Collection.

This file appears in: J.C. White House - New Museum of North Idaho: J.C. White was a strong supporter of “keeping it local”, he helped build the city we know today.

This map comes from a brochure of the Red Collar Steamship Line, which provided steamship transport up Lake Coeur d'Alene and the St. Joe's River for tourists.

This file appears in: J.C. White House - New Museum of North Idaho: J.C. White was a strong supporter of “keeping it local”, he helped build the city we know today.

J.C. White House - New Museum of North Idaho: J.C. White was a strong supporter of “keeping it local”, he helped build the city we know today.

By Katherine Hentges

J.C. White was an engineer who liked to party, but he was also a strong proponent of community and development. It is tough to strike the right balance, but as the history of Coeur d’Alene shows, it…