Questions for Idaho people!!

Oops, I forgot to edumacate those who are curious as to the pronunciation of "Weippe"

It is "WEE-eyepe" (silent e)

Not: WEE-PEE or Wihp-ee or Wipe-ee or just plain Wipe. We didn't know how to pronounce this, either. It originally was a Nez Perce word "Oyippe" , which might mean "gathering place". Unfortunately, the first postmaster in Weippe was a native Irishman, and the brogue simply would not allow him to say "Oyippe".

20 acres, four miles west of Grangeville, partially fenced, barn and year round creek, power on property line, no house, $90,000

10 acres parcels, one mile from Grangeville, $4000 per acre

3 BR, 2 BA, attached two car garage , covered porch and patio on 5.6 acres, $175,000

3 acres, west of Grangeville, $29,500; 15 acres, west of Grangeville, $69,500

New 4 BR 2 BA 2200 home on 9+ acres, SW of Grangeville, near golf course, seasonal creek, two car garage, $239,500

5 acre building lot, water and sewer optional, one minute to town off paved road, creek and trees, $47,500

Fantastic view! 5.5 acres, three miles south of Grangeville, $49,000

Two 15 acres parcels, 8 miles west of Grangeville, $70,000 each

Grangeville is about 72 miles south of Lewiston, which is a city of about 35,000, across the river from Clarkston, WA which adds another 15,000 (just guessing on the populations). Several people commute to Lewiston for work and college.

We live near Harpster. My wife grew up on a gold mine not too far away. I emigrated from Modesto in central California, so I know about heat, but as they say, it's not the heat, it's the humidity. Modesto was a dry heat at least.

We don't get up the Weippe/Pierce area much, since it's a further drive to Lewiston that way rather than through Grangeville. I've been to Orofino way a few times when we were looking at manufactured homes at a place near there.

Does the casino in Kamiah have cheap meals? I've been to the new one once, but didn't do anything there but lose a few dollars.

I am currently looking into working for the tribe, but haven't heard back fro them yet.

Anyway, welcome to God's country and this forum!

They have "specials" every day of the week for 1, 2 or 2.50, even steak and shrimp. I prefer the cholesterol bomb cheeseburger/tatertots . . .

Whodunit-

I like your name! I've spent 11 years asking that question. I used to live in Orofino (portland now) I have good friends in Kamiah and one of them works for the tribal police. Are you seeking employment with the police as well? just a guess with a name like whodunit. I plan to head back over there in a few years, buy some property and get a job copping for the tribe or the feds if something opens up.

I'll add a little Idaho info so that I'm not compltetly hijacking the thread.

I grew up in Idaho and my people have been there for 5 generations. The realestate prices do this in cycles. we've had large migrations of Californians and retirees with large pocket fulls of cash every ten years for the past thirty years. Everyone goes crazy for two or three years, large fenses and lots of NO TRESPASSING signs go up. Taxes are raised artificially to the point that local salaries and local fixed income folks cannot support.

The Idahoans complian about the people, the fences and the signs while gladly making huge profits from their property???

The good news is that unemployment is still 20% in the beautiful places with the cheap property, and the jobs that do exist still pay $6-$8 dollars per hour.

So the people who need jobs don't last long. The winters scare some off. The boredem, if you don't hunt, fish, hike, 4 wheel, etc... drive a few back to the cities. Some of the locals there are real honest to god hillbillies and they scare off a few.

So for those of you with plans to move there in the next few years don't panic prices will come around.

Plus.. Idaho is a big place, believe it or not there is a lot more to it than Cour dalene, Sand Point, Boise and Cascade.

If you like remote places with depressed economies you can find cheap land and little regulation.

Out in the sticks the schools still teach reading writing and arithmatic and only offer football, baseball, westling and basket ball for sports, although I hear soccor is getting big.

And PLEASE PLEASE stop saying the word Weippe on the internet! Remember what happend to california when they found gold there? Some miner bragged about it and everyone and their dog went there. ;-)

later

Wapiti

OH man....

Kootenai County is pronounced "coot-knee". Unless you're talking about the Indian tribe, then it's "Koot-nye". Or the mountain range, which is the Kootenays.

St. Marie's is pronounced "Saint Mary's"

Moyie Springs is "Moy-yay Springs"

Boise is "Boi-ssee" not "Boi-zee"

Many people pronounce Pend Oreille Lake incorrectly. But in case you're not sure, there's a town up the road from Sandpoint that gives you the name of the lake phonetically (Ponderay).

Hayden and Hayden Lake are two dramatically different things.

If you want to ride on Canfield Mountain, you do not take Canfield Road to get to it.

Sand Creek looks like a river. Upper Pack River looks like a creek. I have two springs here (Sheef and Rock) that I can't find, no matter how much time I hunt around on my dirtbike. I guess the moose know where they are...and the @$%@%#%@!$%@!$% coyotes too...

My mom still insists on calling Spokane (Spoh-can) with a long A (Spoh-kayne). Then again, she's from Kentucky.

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:giggle: Nope, not native, (though I've been known to forget that fact...I moved here when I was still a kid). I just don't have the genetics for it. It takes me a long time to get used to the cold when fall comes...even now, I shiver so hard that it quite literally *hurts*. I don't mind the winters though..it's a fair trade off for not having unbearably hot summers.

Construction is a good trade- there is lots of new construction going on and it pays well. I'm seriously thinking about going into it myself (probably drywall finishing) for that very reason. What I don't get is that the land prices and rent seem so high compared to what we make? $450 a month for a very drafty one bedroom house?