The Night the Bridge Collapsed

By N. A. Nation

A True Story

A breath taking account of what happened to the Spokane Street Bridge in Post Falls, Idaho in 1971.
Impressions of growing up in a small town of 2000 people during the 1950s and 1960s, the heroics of our town police officer, and many who lived through this era. * All proceeds shall go to the Post Falls Historical Society Museum. *

• Language: English
• Publisher: N. A. Nation
• Release date: Apr 8, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224233250

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Copyright

No part of this story may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.

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Copyright © 2019

By A. Nation Books

Published 2020

ISBN:

Artwork by A. Nation Books

This is a work of fictionalized non-fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are actual but used in a fictitious manner.

The story of the bridge collapse is dedicated to responders and Officer Harry Button. I hope to relay the facts in this event but some unknowns had to be fictionalized to create the story.

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More Books by N.A. Nation

Post Falls Recollections– 1950s-1960s

The Night the Bridge Fell

Testimonials

Post Falls History

About the Author

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Contact the Author

Discover more of my fictional writings in the list at the front under my pen name of A. Nation. You can always find me on Facebook under Alene Nation

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As we watched we heard the loud crash & then realized what had happened. We ran to the bridge to see the lights from the cops car going( so unreal, had to grasp what had happened.

Permission granted by the Post Falls Press

Post Falls Recollections– 1950s-1960s

When I lived in Post Falls during the fifties and sixties, the population fluctuated at two thousand residents. Post Falls, named after Frederick Post, the founder, built a lumber mill along the Spokane River in 1871 from land he purchased from Andrew Seltice, Chief of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe. Who would know then, a 100 years later, a