Until you have a chance to come in to the Museum, the Boundary County Historical Society is building web based exhibits to to promote further interest in the heritage of the area . Boundary County, Idaho has two Peace Monuments
Until you have a chance to come in, the Museum is working on building web based exhibits centered on the life of the Kootenai Tribe. To start this new collection, this book with photos of Kootenai babies and their
Boundary County Historical Society’s Portrait Hall turns 100 years old on November 30, 2020. In honor of this momentous event, the Museum has created a virtual exhibit to share some of this history with everyone! Click on the flipbook below
The Boundary County Historical Society and Museum Cemetery Tours have become an annual off-site event. 2020 was to be the seventh in the series. Each year, Sue Kemmis, Museum Curator, and volunteers begin weeks in advance researching, gathering information, piecing
Until you have a chance to come into the Museum to see the Historical Society’s collection of logging tools, here are a few photos from the archives of Bonners Ferry area logging activities.
Until you have a chance to come in and see the Museum’s Teddy Roosevelt Caribou Display in person, a “virtual” version has been created to enjoy in the form of a “FlipBook”! In September of 1888, 29 year old
100 Years Ago in Boundary County 1920 – 2020 Compiled by H. Kent Since the 100th anniversary of the first Boundary County Fair is being commemorated in 2020, it is only seems proper that life in general in Boundary County
Museum Musings: Origins of the County Fair By: Gini Woodward One of the oldest county events is replaying this week, the Boundary County Fair. True to the tradition, it is “Where We Gather,” and have for nearly one hundred
The story of the Tilly Mine is a favorite with the locals of Boundary County. Bernt William Tilly born May 24, 1906 in Farstorp, Sweden, had three brothers and three sisters. While his siblings, all married with children, remained in
by Howard Kent In 1897 when parties of surveyors were observed in the area, rumors of another railroad began to circulate. The rumors became fact the following year. The Kootenai Valley Railroad, a subsidiary of the Great Northern Railroad, connected