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Mike Jones talks with his son Kyle about his lifelong relationship with Priest Lake. He spent a lot of time with his grandparents Marjorie and Jim Roberts who ran the Leonard Paul Store in Coolin. His father worked for the...
Jan Bastine's family built their cabin at Priest Lake next to Kalispell Creek in 1959. She introduced Paul to the lake and to her rambunctious cabin life in 1964. Jan's father was a softball player and in 1970 started the...
Melvin Roy talked with his son Mark about his Blister Rust camp summer in 1944 when he came to Priest River. As a 15 year old, he took the Empire Builder train from his home in Minneapolis to Priest River....
Earle Ruddach and his wife Judy shared stories about their family time at Priest Lake. Earle's family from Newport acquired a state lot at Cape Horn about 1950. They built their cabin by moving materials from Elkins on a WWII...
Dr. Robert Bond shares Priest Lake stories with his wife Georgene at their cabin on the end of Coolin Bay. Bond talks about his father, Robert Bond, who became the Priest River doctor in 1936, serving the region including home...
Music professor David Low interviews his 97-year old mother Alice Yee about their family relationship with Priest Lake through 60 years of changes. They started camping at Reeder Bay in the early 1950s when it was pretty primitive. They had...
Max Kendall interviewed his grandfather Ron Walker, a fierce advocate of the Outlet. Ron shared his fishing adventures dating back to when he could rent a cabin for the whole season at Elkins for $500. He lamented decisions that transformed...
Ronan Rasmussen interviewed his grandfather Gary James about the history of the family cabin on the Outlet at Priest Lake. Gary is a boat builder and passed that history to Ronan. Ronan loves to fishing and they tell fish stories...
Amber Abbas interviews her partner Jamison Warren about his relationship with Priest Lake and the family cabins on Kalispell Bay. He shares his memories of summers with grandparents, uncles and cousins skiing, hiking, and exploring. After his parents decided to...
Damon Runberg talked to his grandma Jeanne Tomlin about her family's long ties to Priest Lake, dating back to 1898 when her great grandfather arrived as a timber Cruiser from Wisconsin. Her family has been at the lake ever since,...
Sisters Carol and Teri share stories about their family cabin on Kalispell Bay. Their family first came to vacation 100 years ago, when their greatgrandparents came for their honeymoon in 1916. They focus on the relationships created at the lake,...
Thomas Heberlein interviewed his wife Elizabeth Thomson about her family's summer cabin on Forest Service land at Priest Lake. They were awarded one of the last permits at Priest Lake in the late 1950s . Betty talked about the summer...