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<\/p>\nWhen you travel East towards Montana from Sandpoint Idaho on the scenic Byway 200 you will travel through Hope Idaho.\u00a0 Aptly named with expansive lake views featuring the hope\u00a0islands and picture perfect sunsets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Just 12 miles from Sandpoint, on the North shore of Lake Pend Oreille. Hope found its begining with the building of the Northern Pacific Railroad which has since settled into two unique cities. Hope and East<\/strong> Hope<\/strong>\u00a0and just beyond that (the name I love) Beyond Hope<\/strong> on the Sam Owen Game preserve on the Hope peninsula.<\/p>\n Hope was\u00a0once a \u00a0bustling town of 3000 while the railroad was being built.\u00a0 Quite a bit of the labor to make the railroad were Chinese, brought over under 25 year contracts, Once the railroad was finished many made their home in Hope. The Historic Hotel Hope, was built by Joseph M. Jeannot in 1897 and still watches over Lake Pend Oreille and is currently for sale. In the basement are the tunnels that once allowed guests to go to the railway station. Hotel Hope has\u00a0had its share of celebrity guests over\u00a0the years\u00a0including Teddy Roosevelt, Bing Crosby, J.P. Morgan, and Gary Cooper.<\/p>\n Today the town isn\u2019t nearly as full, but you can get a great meal on the floating restraunt or rent a boat at the Hope Marina. On the peninsula is the Sam Owen Campground, with over 80 campsites,\u00a0and boat ramp.<\/p>\n At treat for visitors and locals alike is a drive on the Hope pennisula where hundreds of whitetail deer make this preserve their home. In the fall and winter Bald Eagles are in abundance.<\/p>\n When you travel East towards Montana from Sandpoint Idaho on the scenic Byway 200 you will travel through Hope Idaho.\u00a0 Aptly named with expansive lake views featuring the hope\u00a0islands and picture perfect sunsets.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Just 12 miles from Sandpoint, on the North shore of Lake Pend Oreille. Hope found its begining with the building of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-rain"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"hope](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activerain.com\/image_store\/uploads\/7\/1\/0\/4\/7\/ar125696491774017.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" "\\"Hope")
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