Cabinet Gorge in North Idaho, circa 1915

Subjects: Forests & Trees Hunting & Fishing Mountains & Hills Rivers & Streams
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Cabinet Gorge in North Idaho, circa 1915, c. 1915 real photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

The view looks down the rock walls of Cabinet Gorge, where the Clark Fork River runs dark and narrow between steep cliffs. Conifer forest covers the slopes, snow remains on the higher ridges, and a single pine stands in the right foreground. The message ties the scene to a family fishing trip ten miles back in the hills and adds a local observation that in warm weather the fish go deep and do not notice a person calling. Cabinet Gorge is a steep canyon of the Clark Fork in Idaho's Panhandle, near the Montana line; the river ran free here before Cabinet Gorge Dam was built in the early 1950s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

This is where Dad fished one day - 10 miles back in the Mts - Marion + I went along - Pretty good road - When it is warm the fish go way down to the bottom & don't know you are calling on them -

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Postcard record

Series	H-52
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Cabinet Gorge, ID
Stamp	none printed stamp box inscription (EK monogram logo at top, PLACE STAMP HERE)
Stamp	none EKC (Eastman Kodak) monogram stamp box, PLACE STAMP HERE, imperforate
Notes	White border around a glossy black-and-white print; series number H-52 printed in the image at lower left, with a small printed signature/mark ("Hall") at lower right; printed caption "Cabinet Gorge in North Idaho." No postmark or stamp present. Divided-back real-photo postcard with white border; handwritten message in blue ink on the correspondence side. Pencil dealer code "RML5 2-" at top right. No address block filled in.

Cite this card

Cabinet Gorge in North Idaho, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cabinet-gorge-in-north-idaho-circa-1915. Accessed November 2, 2026.