From the Archives

The ‘hobby-horse’ was invented in the 14th Century by Baron Karl von Drais. In 1818 a more ‘modern’ version was produced by a London coach-maker named Denis Johnson. Tom Sturdevant author producer and director of the musical play “The Kootenai

This “Dance Poster” was printed at the Herald Print Shop on October 9 1967. The State Line House ordered 500 posters at a cost of $11.80. The poster was designed with blank lines to be written on. Wonder how many

In the Museum archives, there are many scrapbooks which contain vintage postcards. This is a beautiful postcard. Happy Thanksgiving!

This photograph taken in the 1920s of the Great Northern Railway locomotive #2038 at the Bonners Ferry Depot was donated by Ted Douglas.

On September 20 1974 the 67 members of the Kootenai Nation in Boundary County Idaho declared war on the United States. To finance the 3-day war members of the tribe manned two toll stations on Highways 95 and 2; a

This receipt came from The Mint Club owned by A.G. Allan. The Mint provided meals in 1947 for harvest workers and meals in 1948 for flood control workers. This receipt also shows the order for 1500 sacks (to be filled

Editor S.D. Taylor ran this map as a full page in almost every edition of the Kootenai Herald in the year 1893.

The furniture in the photo belonged to the local Knights of Pythias Lodge. This was the Chancellor Commander Station at the time of the last meeting in the old Knights of Pythias Hall. (Now Bonnerport Mall) These pieces of furniture

This photograph taken in 1923/24 is of George M. Olson hauling logs in an open hard rubber tire truck from Frank Mitchell’s logging site in Paradise Valley to the Bonners Ferry Lumber Company in Bonners Ferry. Donated by Mike Douglas.

This business card came from the BF Herald Office which operated a ‘print shop’ from the 1950s through the 1980s. The print shop produced letterhead envelopes invoices bills business cards and menus (plus much more). On occasion it printed pens