Coming Sunday

Selling the past

The town of Elmira, Idaho, went the way of other Western towns.

None of the town’s original wooden buildings remain. But this transitory bit of North Idaho history – complete with broken whiskey bottles – is now on the market for $675,000.

Realtor Tony Hayes is advertising the 4.3-acre site near U.S. Highway 95 in northern Bonner County as a nostalgic development opportunity.

“I can picture it as a theme town,” said Hayes, “with homes designed as storefronts, livery stables, a barn, and a feed store. … In this age of technology, people like to be around things that remind them of the past.”

Read more about Elmira in Sunday’s Business section.