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Unruh Boundary’s Buildings Portrait Hall Turns 100 Years Old First National Bank Megquier-Houck Museum Building Cemetery Tour Stories in Stone 2020 Do You Remember Bonners Ferry Cubs Pack 114 Dust Bowl Early History Captain Wooden Recalls Early Days The Ferry at Bonners Ferry Sesquicentennial Birthday From the Archives History Logging in Boundary County 100 Years Ago in Boundary County “Where We Gather” ~ The Boundary County Fair The Kootenai Valley Railroad Looking back on Boundary County in 1916 1933 Bonners Ferry Mayoral Radio Address Kootenai Chief Narcisse Isadore Logging Boundary Logging Camps A. C. White Lumber’s Flunkies Mining Bernt William Tilly Notables A Spiritual and Educational Leader “Tappings from an Ancient Scribe” Nurse Agnes Chadwick Pioneers An “Old-Time Party” in 1911 Pharmacist J.F. Cook Minerva Lovena Smith Fry Railroads Today’s Tale Unique Virtual Exhibits Border Peace Monuments Historical Society News “An Ode to Charles Megquier” “Spring Into Summer” with the Museum “A Natural Balance – Boundary County” Movie Premier “From Pioneer Days to Modern Ways” 150 years celebrated at the Museum 2016 Museum Dinner 2018 End of Year Report 2020 Annual Meeting Notes 2020 Virtual Cemetery Tour 2021 Annual Meeting Notes 2022 Annual Meeting Notes 2022 Calendars have arrived!! A “Grand View” in Moravia A Downtown Tour – Idaho Day 2023 A Grassy Hillside with Rocks A lot going on at the Boundary County Museum A Night For the Museum A Rustic Tangle of Grave-stones Agriculture in Boundary County Agriculture in Boundary County Exhibit Dedicated An Acre on the Side of the Hill Annual Membership Meeting 2021 Arts Grow Learning Traveling Art Exhibit Book Launch Friday July 9th! Boundary County History Book Reprinted Boundary County Independence Day Boundary County Museum Closes Boundary County Museum Kicks Off 2018 Celebrating Idaho’s History Come and Help Shape the Future Come Learn About the Founders Do You Remember – “My Town Idaho” Fair Time! Forest Fires of 1967 Gary Eller – “Song Swap” at the Museum Gary Eller – Idaho Songs Project Historical Society & Museum Elects Officers Historical Society 2021 Annual Meeting Postponed Historical Society Collecting Oral Histories Historical Society thanks community for support History and Mystery at Grandview? History makes a home on Main Street History Walk, Art Show and Harvest Festival Hot Off the Loom! Hot Off the Press!! Idaho Day – Students travel back 100 years Idaho Day! 2018 Idaho Songs Project comes to Bonners Ferry IHC Comes to the Museum Interpretive Signs Dedication Program Kootenai Tribe to share stories as part of “Smithsonian Journeys” Mining Adventures in Boundary County Mosquito Flats Museum ‘Welcome’s Benches Museum Alcove Sale Museum Doors to Remain Shuttered Museum Goes Virtual Museum is more than just a tourist attraction Museum Musings – Railroads In Boundary County Museum opens with special presentation Museum releasing book all about Boundary County Museum to Air Documentary “Ordeal by Fire” Museum Undergoes Renovations Museum’s New Entrance Oh, What a Dig! Oral History Workshop Parker Family Cemetery Walk Portrait Hall’s Birthday! Preserving History Reports on Updates and Programs Shadows Of David Thompson Summer at the Museum 2017 The 2020 Calendar is Here!! The Civilian Conservation Corps in Boundary County The Dreamer and the Doctor The Gems of Boundary County The Museum is Re-Opening! The Smithsonian Exhibit “The Way We Worked” This Just In ~ Kootenai River Country Music Tidbits of News! Twin Events as Fundraiser White Caribou Bar Dedicated Historical Society Exhibits Boundary Fair Locations Boundary County Fairgrounds Boundary County Library Boundary County Museum Boundary County Museum Boundary County Museum Boundary County Museum Boundary County Museum Boundary County Museum Boundary County Museum Boundary County Museum Boundary County Museum Boundary County Museum Boundary Museum Portarit Hall Moravia Cemetery Mountain View Mennonite Church Yard Parker Family Cemetery Priest River Museum Events Summer Hours Begin “Spring into Summer” at the Museum Gary Eller “Strong Women of Early Idaho” A Night For The Museum “Idaho’s Forgotten War” Film Showing The Museum at the Celebration of Craft Come Join the Spin-In Annual Membership Meeting 2020 “From Pioneer Days to Modern Ways” at the Fair Annual Membership Meeting 2021 Small Towns Debut BFHS All Class Reunion – Kootenai River Days 2021- Cemetery Walk Oral History Workshop – with Gary Eller Song Writer’s Workshop #1 – Songs Project Stock Handler Songs Program – Songs Project Song Writer’s Workshop #2 – Songs Project Annual Night For The Museum – Canceled for 2021 Oral History Workshop – Part 2 Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting Annual Membership Meeting 2022 Author Reception at the Library May 7th Closure – Event Postponed Spring into Spring – “Mining Idaho Day” 2022 Cemetery Walk at Mountain View A Night For The Museum Dinner The Museum at the Celebration of Craft Annual Membership Meeting 2023 Fun-Filled Fiber Fest Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting “Spring into Summer” at the Museum Gary Eller on the Early Idaho Panhandle Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting Smithsonian Exhibition ~ Priest River First Free Saturday Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting First Free Saturday Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting First Free Saturday Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting First Free Saturday Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting First Free Saturday Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting