I posted this "Short History of Coeur d'Alene" from Patrick Jacobs' Get Out! North Idaho Facebook page on Huckleberries at 2:26 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22. It was the last of many, many posts from Patrick (aka OrangeTV) that you read here:

On his Get Out! North Idaho Facebook page, Patrick Jacobs provides a brief tongue-in-cheek history of Coeur d'Alene, which includes this paragraph: "General William T. Sherman, who was by all accounts kind of a jackass, came to Yap-Keehn-um from back east in 1877 and threw down some serious shade on the tribe, telling them to stay on their new little reservation or they would be killed to death by loud, smelly American guns. He brought over a bunch of his military homies and they built Fort Coeur d'Alene (it was later named after Sherman, probably by Sherman himself - he was just that kind of insufferable ego tripper), which consisted of 52 military buildings and a throbbing discotheque." More here (& worth the read). (Photo of General Sherman)

DFO: Like everyone else, I enjoyed Patrick's restaurant reviews. But my favorite posts of his were the fashionista ones, especially those involving former Coeur d'Alene mayor Sandi Bloem, whom he admired for her stylish, "fierce" look. Do you have a favorite Patrick post?