A newsman and a visionary: Remembering Duane Hagadone, whose media empire included the Columbia Basin Herald
As a young man Hagadone enjoyed sports including golf, but his real passion was always business.
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Hagadone's father, Burl, a newspaper publisher, was his hero and best friend.
Boats offered a quick reprieve from work and a chance to bring others joy.
It was a bold move to open The Coeur d'Alene Resort in 1986, but Duane Hagadone had the vision that it would succeed.
An aerial view of the Coeur d'Alene Resort golf course, with its floating island green.
Hagadone's vision changed the shoreline from a sawmill site to The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course and its famous floating green.
Even as a little guy, Hagadone was always the best organized kid in town.
Lola and Duane relished their boating holidays in the Mediterranean sunshine.
Hagadone bought his first car, a 1931 Plymouth, with money saved from his lawn business. Decades later, he was delighted to find and restore a car of the same make, model, year and even the same color. Whatever he touched, he always improved.
Harry S. Rinker hands Duane the Horatio Alger Award in 2004.
The Lady Lola Ocean Golf Club, first of its kind, had an automated tee box and floating holes.
Early days as a young newspaperman at the Coeur d'Alene Press.
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Duane B. Hagadone, a private but devoted family man and an icon of publishing, real estate and hospitality, died Saturday at his winter home in Palm Desert at the age of 88.
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