however, is more than just another community history. It is a history of the Pacific Northwest in microcosm—the exploitation of natural resources; the impact of big business upon the development of a rural area; and ordinary people making a place their home. gives us insights into the life of a rural community and follows its progress through the decades. It shows the close ties between community life and the larger spheres of the timber industry, regional and national economics, and international events. The book imparts a sense of what it was like to work in the sawmill and live in what the Potlatch Lumber Company had planned as a model town. Keith Petersen received the 1987 Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History for his work on . Co-published with the Latah County Historical Society, Moscow, Idaho.