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Post Falls elcome to Idaho’s s River City! Post Falls has everything to ma make your visit or vacation one to remember. Waterfront activities on the Spokane River, fine dining, premium lodging, golf and shopping from the outlet mall to specialty shops. North Idaho is also an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise with hunting and fishing at our doorsteps. Post Falls is on your way...located on I-90 only 8 miles west of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and 20 miles east of Spokane, Washington, makes your day-trip vacation base. We’ll make you feel right at home.

Post Falls, with a population of nearly 21,000 people in the city limits, is 2,150 ft above sea level surrounded by mountains and lush farmland. The town is located 5 miles from the Washington-Idaho border on I-90; it is 64 miles from the Idaho-Montana border, and 120 miles south of the Canadian border. Within a 35 mile radius of Post Falls are 30 golf courses, the North Idaho Centennial Trail, 3 state parks, 55 lakes and 4 major rivers. The city is only 25 minutes from downtown Spokane, 35 minutes from Spokane International Airport, and 10 minutes from downtown Coeur d’Alene.

n 1870, German immigrant and founder, Frederick Post first claimed the Post Falls area as the site of a water powered lumber mill at the falls. He negotiated a treaty with Chief Andrew Seltice of the Coeur d’Alene Indian Tribe. They recorded this land cession on a prominent rock near the falls. This contract is preserved and exhibited, with authentic Native American pictographs, on a 4 acre site north of the Falls Park, which is listed on the National Historic Register. Background Back Ba ckgr ck grou gr ou Photo: The Post Falls courtesy of www.themckennaagency.com www.t of www.northwestphotoandvideo.com

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL

MAY JUNE

ACCOMMODATIONS Best Western Peppertree Liberty Lake Inn

• Wine Tasting and Auction • Sweethearts Ball • Duck’s Unlimited Banquet

1816 North Pepper Lane , Liberty Lake , 509-755-1111

• Wine, Stein, & Dine • Micro-Brew & Mardi Gras • Home & Garden Show

Best Western Pheasant Hill 12415 East Mission, Spokane Valley, 509-926-7432

• 4th Annual Plant-A-Tree for free • Silver Valley “Race the Face” • Spring Dash • Northwest Alpaca Showcase

Comfort Inn 3175 East Seltice Way , Post Falls, 208-773-8900

Holiday Inn Express Coeur d’Alene

• Depot Day • Flex Options Workshop • Post Falls Days Parade • N.I. Mineral Club Rock & Gem Show • Post Falls Duathlon • Fiddle Fest • Area Bed & Breadfasts Annual Spring Festival • River City Center Celebration • Concert in the Park • Northwest Outlaw Street Stocks, ICAR

JULY

• Demolition Derby & Fireworks • Hot Rod River City Run

AUGUST

• Summer Concert • Hawaiian Luau Dinner Dance

SEPTEMBER • Community Volunteers Dinner & Auction • Historical Society Octoberfest

OCTOBER

• Classical Guitarist & Cellist Concert • Lions Club Haunted House

NOVEMBER

• Chamber Auction

2300 West Seltice Way, Coeur d’Alene, 208-667-3100

Howard Johnson Express Inn 3647 West 5th Avenue, Post Falls, 208-773-4541

Post Fa Falls has four distinct seasons, with

temperatur ures ranging in the 80’s mid-summer and lo low teens during the winter. The annual ave verage amount of sunshine ranges from about ut 30% in the winter, but in July and August st the average rises to the 80’s, as crystal clea ear days may linger well in fall for perfect go golf and boating weather. The annual avera rage relative humidity is 46%; average amount nt of rain is 29”, and an average of 49” of sno now.

North Idaho Bed & Breakfast Association c/o 316 Military Drive, Coeur d’Alene, 208-664-9125

Red Lion Templin’s Hotel 414 East 1st Avenue, Post Falls, 208-773-1611

Residence Inn by Marriott 15915 East Indiana, Spokane, 509-892-9300

Riverbend Inn 4100 West Riverbend Avenue, Post Falls, 208-773-3583

Shilo Inn Suites 702 West Appleway, Coeur d’Alene, 208-664-2300

American Country Bed & Breakfast Coeur d’Alene, 208-664-9650

For more information contact the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce, (208) 773-5016 E-mail: info@ postfallschamber.com or visit us on the web at www.postfallschamber.com

Background Photo: Post Falls city panorama courtesy of www.themckennaagency.com of www.northwestphotoandvideo.com