Coeur d'Alene
[key], city (2020 pop. 54,628), seat of Kootenai co., N Idaho, near the
Wash. line; inc. 1907. It is a tourist and lumbering center situated on
Coeur d'Alene Lake W of the Coeur d'Alene Mts.—the gateway to a
summer and winter resort area. The city has lumber mills and meat-processing
plants. Fort Coeur d'Alene (later Fort Sherman) was established in 1876. The
city (named after the Native American tribe) grew around the fort with the
discovery (1883) of rich silver, lead, and zinc lodes and the subsequent
mining boom. For the tumultuous early history of the city, see Western Federation of Miners. The city
is the headquarters of Coeur d'Alene National Forest.
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