From the Archives

This beautiful Christmas tree, from 1952, stood in the telephone office building on the corner of Kootenai and Main streets. The Great Northern Railway had contracts with Western Union Telegraph and Bell Telephone Company. By 1907, Bell Telephone Co. had

Today, December 18th, is “National Bake Cookies Day”. It’s a day to bake, share, and enjoy cookies, and smell the aroma while baking at home. You can host a cookie exchange, or give cookies to friends, family, community members, or

“Chief Moses Osay Joseph, perhaps the last of the old generation Kootenai elders, died Friday December 12 (1975) in Bonners Ferry. One of the highlights of his life was on May 5, 1974 when he was elevated to the office

This Week in History ~ 100 Years Ago ~ “Although the Bonners Ferry High School basketball team has some old material left from last year, it will blossom forth this season under a new name – The Badgers. The name

Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Front of “The Badger” newspaper dated November 27, 1942.

Highlights from the BF Herald: 1907 – “The Klockmann Bros. are establishing a large stock ranch in the Kootenai Valley near Port Hill. They have 1,800 acres of land and will acquire more. They have incorporated under the Kootenai Valley

Caption reads: “If you see some faces in the crowd that you know, it will come as a surprise to nobody that attended the football games last Friday night in the new Kibbie Dome on the U of I campus

Event – Tonight – November 6, 2025 5:00-7:00pm (Presentation at 5:15 followed by Book Sales & Autographs) in Portrait Hall at the Boundary County Museum. In Commemoration of Native American Month the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the Boundary County

“Copeland Bridge Project Well Under Way” the headline read in the March 14, 1968 BF Herald. The bridge approaches on the riverbanks had been completed by Chas. A. Power of Spokane in the fall of 1967. While crossing the Kootenai

“Polypores  are a group of  fungi  that form fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside of trees living and dead; also called  bracket fungi or shelf fungi. Their woody fruiting bodies are called  conks. Most polypores inhabit tree