The small town of Blueslide once existed where the resort operates today. It became a lively logging community in the early 1900’s with the emergence of the timber industry boom and the early river steamboat transportation.

Steamboat service began on the Pend Oreille River in 1888 and continued for more than three decades as the chief mode of transporting people and freight of the region.

The name Blueslide came from the steep embankment just north of the resort that slid into the river exposing bluish clay. In 1909 the Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad built a 1,100 foot long tunnel through the slide area when they extended their tracks to Ione. In 1917, a major fire swept through Blueslide resulting in a huge timber loss and in 1924 another fire destroyed most of the town and sawmills. The town of Blueslide became a thing of the past although the vision of the founding fathers such as “Cap” Arnold has lived on as a rustic resort for over the last 60 years.

For a more complete History of Blueslide, please "click" on either picture and read excerpts from the "History of Pend Oreille County" written and published by Tony Bamonte & Suzanne Schaeffer Bamonte in 1996