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Pharmacist J.F. Cook

Pharmacist J.F. Cook

John Francis Cook III, an African American, attended Howard University a private, historically black university in Washington, D.C. obtaining a degree in Pharmacology in 1888. In 1892, J.F. Cook arrived in Bonners Ferry on the Great Northern Railway. He quickly

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Captain Wooden Recalls Early Days

Captain Wooden Recalls Early Days

A letter written to the Editor and Publisher, S. D. Taylor, of the Bonners Ferry Herald, written by Bartlett Sinclair Recalls Early Days Stiles, Idaho, Oct. 22nd, 1908. My Dear Taylor; — My campaigning brought me to this bustling mountain

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First National Bank

First National Bank

Today’s Tale ~ 7 Jan 2016 by Susan Kemmis This photo was shared with me from Melinda Brinkman. She wanted the history of the building, so here are the facts from Howard Kent.      The ground level building with basement

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A. C. White Lumber’s Flunkies

A. C. White Lumber’s Flunkies

Today’s Tale ~ 1 Dec 2014 by Susan Kemmis “In 1918, the A. C. White Lumber Co. established Camp 3, a large and very modern logging camp at a junction in their Camp 9 railroad. The location was the Cliff

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Minerva Lovena Smith Fry

Minerva Lovena Smith Fry

Minerva Lovena Smith Fry Minerva Lovena Smith was born in Iowa on January 5, 1849 to Fredrick and Nancy Smith. The family left their home in April 1852, with dreams of a new life, and began the trek on the

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Megquier-Houck Museum Building

Megquier-Houck Museum Building

Original Press Release – – July 20, 2017 In the fall of 1916, Charles W. Megquier began construction on a two story brick building on Main Street. This was to be used as the new Crescent Garage & Plumbing Company.

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Chief Narcisse Isadore

Chief Narcisse Isadore

Chief Narcisse Isadore, born in 1882, was a great grandson of Chief Three Moon. Narcisse’s tribe, the Lower Kutenai, called home: “the horseshoe bend of the Kootenai River…the land I inherited from my ancestors situated on both banks of the

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Nurse Agnes Chadwick

Nurse Agnes Chadwick

  Agnes May Carleton was born on April 12, 1888 in South Berwick, Maine to Harvey and Annie Carleton. She and her three siblings attended school in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. In 1911, Agnes graduated from Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plains,

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Bonners Ferry Cubs Pack 114

Bonners Ferry Cubs Pack 114

Here is a picture of the Bonners Ferry Cubs Pack 114 Hill Billy Band. After we shared this in the Bonners Ferry Herald, Sept 14th 2017, Vivian Irwin was able to identify almost everyone in the picture for us. Second

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Looking back on Boundary County in 1916

Looking back on Boundary County in 1916

By HOWARD KENT 2016 will soon become memories for the history books. I cannot help but harken back 100 years ago and recall some of the events that took place in Boundary County. We became Boundary County in 1915 and

Howard Kent December 15, 2016January 9, 2025 History No Comments Read more
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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


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