North Idaho (Inland NW) Groups & Conservatives

The Idaho Panhandle has been a refuge for conservatives and religious minorities for decades. The land used to be relatively cheap, it was far from major cities, and homeschooling & vaccine laws are extremely lax. After waves of conservatives moved here, even more moved to the area. Some notable groups:

• Ruby Ridge (standoff in 1992 led to national news)
• Doug Wilson and New Saint Andrews College are in Moscow, ID
• Francis Schuckardt and Fatima Crusade of 1970s
• Aryan Nations had a compound in Hayden Lake in the 1970s
• Writer Michael Hoffman lives in Coeur d, Alene
• FLDS (polygamous Mormons) live in Boundary County on the border of British Columbia