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.
Megquier-Houck Museum Building
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
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,
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
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
1933 Bonners Ferry Mayoral Radio Address
Today’s Tale ~ 26 Oct 2016 by Susan Kemmis KHQ Radio Appearance of Bonners Ferry Mayor Fry Doing research, I found an article from the March 16, 1933 BF Herald. “In the splendid half hour radio address delivered over Station
Waiting for the train
Today’s Tale ~ So the ‘text’ committee met today to start forming some words to put on the interpretive boards out in the Railroad Courtyard. These boards will bring history alive by telling stories of the people. So, sharing a
The Ferry at Bonners Ferry Sesquicentennial Birthday
1864 -2014 by Howard Kent Historian, Boundary County Museum Did you know that on December 22, 2014, the Ferry at Bonners Ferry will be 150 years old? Following is a brief history how the event came about. In 1863, gold