HUCKLEBERRIES: 'This is our dream'
Duane Hagadone loved sizzle. He wanted his projects to inspire awe — a floating green on a lakeside golf course, the world's longest boardwalk to e...
Duane Hagadone loved sizzle. He wanted his projects to inspire awe — a floating green on a lakeside golf course, the world's longest boardwalk to extend the Coeur d'Alene waterfront and Black Friday fireworks. But none of his personal or professional projects prompted as much jaw-dropping reaction as the public's first glimpse of his plans for the old North Shore Motor Hotel. 'It will change the face of Coeur d'Alene,' predicted chamber manager Sandy Emerson on Aug. 24, 1983, after he and 1,000 others jammed two bays of the North Shore to hear about Duane's plans.