From the Archives

This photograph was taken on April 17, 1977. It is labeled “North Bench Fire Department during construction of the fire station. Chuck Cato’s pickup, parked at the County Shop with a pump being viewed by: Eveline Ruhberg (standing by pickup),

In 1885, Sam and Charley Smith arrived in the panhandle of Idaho. They formed Smith’s Passenger, Express and Fast Freight Line, a stagecoach and freighting service. Sam Smith began running the stage between Kootenai, Idaho and the Kootenai River. Smith’s

Savage Arms Corporation was founded in 1894 by Arthur Savage. The New York company manufactured firearms, mostly lever-action rifles. During WWI and WWII, Savage Arms produced submachine guns and aircraft machine guns. During the years between the two wars, the

“Roy Buck purchased 600 acres north of Hershman’s dairy in 1924, establishing a fox fur farm. Tapping into one of the springs to supply needed water, Buck built a home and buildings north of the Highway, to house fox and

This Press Pass was issued to Edgar Stephenson, The Valley Studio. He attended the Miss Bonners Ferry Pageant at the Bonners Ferry High School Auditorium (Fry Auditorium) on March 20, 1965. Edgar took photographs of the contestants throughout the evening;

On March 9, 1907, W.O. “Teddy” Rosebaugh renovated his “confectionery store” in the Hotel Casey (site of The Dressing Room). He moved a partition that had separated his Pastime Cigar Store from the billiard room to make space for a

It is kind of funny how every day seems to be a national “something” day. Well, March 6 was named National Dress Day in 2018. That is only seven years ago! Dresses have been worn for hundreds of years. Today,

“In 1908, A.J. Kent, local real estate dealer, acquired the property on the corner of Second and Kootenai streets. He remodeled the building on the site, making it into a one and a half storied civic hall.” ~ Howard Kent,

Are we done bringing in firewood? This is a photo of Charlie Thurman who was born in 1901 in Wisconsin. He came to Bonners Ferry just before Christmas of 1920. In 1922, he bought forty acres of bench land, clearing

February 14th ~ Happy Valentine’s Day In 1940 Little Gary made this Valentine for his ‘Boppa’ (Joe Vernon). Isn’t it fun to get a homemade Valentine? (as written for Bonners Ferry Herald – From the Archives)