Mary Viley Hawkins Mary Viley Hawkins, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hawkins, was born April 15, 1876 on a tobacco plantation in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. The prominent Viley and Hawkins families had adjoining plantations breeding thoroughbred race horses and
Laura Grace Bauman Laura Grace Bauman (pronounced “Bowman”) born on February 19, 1910 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho to Solomon and Florence Hoagland Bauman, grew up with two brothers, Everett “Bud” and Warren and one sister, Phyllis. Grace’s father bought the
Boundary County, Idaho has two Peace Monuments which stand witness that “we keep peace with our neighbors as they have kept peace with us throughout the years.”
Enjoy the story about how they came to be. . .
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
The Museum has on display an extensive collection of logging tools. This virtual logging exhibit is enhanced with photos from the archives showing Boundary County logging activities, camps, and saw mills. Boundary County Logging “FlipBook”
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