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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Oracle: My Family Was Firstest w/Mostest In Idaho

My family has lived in Idaho since like, uhhh, 1720. They were the first settlers in the Panhandle. We used to own all of the land from British Columbia to Boise until great, great, great, great granpappy Jimmy Boyd Thompson lost it in a thumb wrasslin’ match to a fellow name of Kincheloe from over Wyoming way. We started the first school, the first hospital, the first Apothecary, the first Barber Shop, the first Mercantile, the first Haberdashery, the first Livery, the first Bordello and even the first mobile home park that featured the first month’s rent free and three pink flamingos in every yard. We put the first gallon of water in the Aquifer and dammed the river to make Lake Coeur d’Alene/The Oracle. More here.

Question: Can anyone top The Oracle's Bunyanesque recounting of his family roots in Idaho?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.