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Okay here are the findings: In 1902, the I.O.O.F. Hall (wooden building) was built where the optometrist office is. In ...
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Museum Musings By: Gini Woodward Sometimes it seems history comes to the museum. Recently Jay Cohn forwarded this e-mail message: ...
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Today's Tale ~ 100 years ago today, Stephen Douglas (S.D.) Taylor passed away. Born on February 3, 1863, S.D. aspired ...
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Today's Tale  ~  Been doing some research for a steamboat historian from Canada. He asked what we knew about the ...
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written in 1928, by Mrs. C. C. French from Cloverdale ranch of Crestwood, "that picturesque little suburb of Creston, which ...
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Today's Tale ~ This awesome photo was recently donated to your Museum! The 1933-1984 steel and concrete bridge over the ...
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TR Visits Bonners Ferry by Howard Kent December 2012 With the recent presidential election over, it was thought appropriate to ...
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By: Gini Woodward As the museum worker-bees continue to sort through accumulated piles of unfiled papers and documents, an occasional ...
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Mary Viley Hawkins Mary Viley Hawkins, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hawkins, was born April 15, 1876 on a tobacco ...
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Laura Grace Bauman Laura Grace Bauman (pronounced “Bowman”) born on February 19, 1910 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho to Solomon and ...
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100 Years Ago in Boundary County 1920 - 2020 Compiled by H. Kent Since the 100th anniversary of the first ...
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Museum Musings: Origins of the County Fair By: Gini Woodward The mornings are cooler and the geese are practicing flying ...
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