Boundary County Historical Society & Museum

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Border Peace Monuments

Border Peace Monuments

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

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Kootenai Life – Cradleboards

Kootenai Life – Cradleboards

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

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Portrait Hall Turns 100 Years Old

Portrait Hall Turns 100 Years Old

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

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Stories in Stone 2020

Stories in Stone 2020

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

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Logging in Boundary County

Logging in Boundary County

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.      

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TR Visits Bonners Ferry

TR Visits Bonners Ferry

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

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100 Years Ago in Boundary County

100 Years Ago in Boundary County

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

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“Where We Gather” ~ The Boundary County Fair

“Where We Gather” ~ The Boundary County Fair

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

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Bernt William Tilly

Bernt William Tilly

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

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The Kootenai Valley Railroad

The Kootenai Valley Railroad

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

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Boundary County Historical Society & Museum

7229 Main Street
PO Box 808
Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805
208-267-7720 bcmuseum@meadowcrk.com

Museum Temporarily Closed Until Further Notice


Summer Hours May- September
Monday—Saturday: 10:00AM–4:00PM
Winter Hours October – April
Friday & Saturday: 10:00AM–4:00PM

$2 per visitor or $5 per family
BCHS members and those 14 yrs old and under are free

Come on Down!

What are you waiting for? Come on down to the Museum and see what has changed! It is no longer the one room you remember, it is three rooms full of excitement! New things to see every day because once today becomes yesterday it also becomes history.

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White Caribou Gift Shop

To help support our Museum
we maintain a small gift shop.

Click HERE to see our White Caribou Gift Shop Page and see some of what we have to offer!

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