Tubbs Hill

Tubbs Hill. The Early Days. Corbin House , The Corbin house was built by Austin Corbin, son of D.C. Corbin, who, in 1886, built a transportation system that connected the Coeur d'Alene mining district with the main line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The system consisted of a rail line from Hauser Junction to what is now the Third Street Dock in Coeur d'Alene, then by steamboats to the Old Mission on the Coeur d'Alene River, and rail again to the silver mines. The concrete foundations of the Corbin house can be seen from Corbin Point., Regatta Grandstand , The first organized regatta in Coeur d'Alene was held on July 4, 1913. To accommodate the large crowds that attended the regattas, a large stadium was built on the east side of Tubbs Hill. Steamboats transported people from the city docks to the stadium. Round trip was 25 cents. Many people chose to ride the electric train to 11th Street and walk to the stadium. The concrete piers are still visible., Tony Tubbs , Anthony (Tony) A. Tubbs was one of the early settlers in the town of Coeur d'Alene. He built one of the first hotels, called the Hotel d'Landing, near the steamboat docks. He was also a land developer and the county's first Justice of the Peace. Some of his land holdings included a large portion of what is now Tubbs Hill., Coeur d'Alene Lumber Yard and Mill , The area now known as McEuen Field was a site for lumber mills from the early days of Coeur d'Alene well into the 1900s. The first mill on this site was built by the Saginaw Lumber Co. in 1889. The largest and most successful mill was built in the early 1900s by William Dollar. After the mill closure in 1929, part of the lumber yard was converted into the County Fairgrounds., Sorenson House , In 1894, Captain Peter Sorenson, known as the father of boat building in Coeur d'Alene, constructed a beautiful hotel which he called the Sorenson House. The Sorenson House was located near Tubbs Hill, Lake Coeur d'Alene, and the terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, now known as the Third Street Dock. Unfortunately, the hotel was destroyed by fire in 1904., Photos provided courtesy of the North Idaho Museum, (Photo Captions) , Coeur d'Alene Lumber Yard and Mill, County Fairgrounds located on what is now McEuen Field, Corbin House, Regatta Grandstand, Sorenson House