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This year’s theme is “My Town Idaho Idaho Day was established a number of years ago by the Idaho Legislature to commemorate the creation of the Idaho Territory by President Abraham Lincoln on March 4, 1863. Idaho Day is designed
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The year end Society Activities report as presented at the Annual Membership Meeting January 22, 2019 * * 2018 End of Year Report Membership: Membership List 2018 -143 members; Membership List 2019 -168 members Fundraising: Memberships; 2018 Calendars; Fundraising
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By Dottie Gray Oktoberfest music permeated the Boundary County Museum’s hallowed spaces, greeting guests coming for the annual “A Night for the Museum” fund raising dinner and auction. A German-themed dinner and beverages were provided by Jill and Dan Nystrom
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Book release at the Boundary County Museum In the turn-of-the-twentieth-century Northwest, the lives and passions of an American physician and her Swedish naturalist husband helped shape a territory on the cusp of change. Dr. Carrie Leiberg, a pioneer physician, fought
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Want to give that unique gift that comes from the heart? Hot Off the Press!! The 2019 Calendars have arrived! These calendars will go on sale Friday at a lower price than last year. The cost is only $5.00 per
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More than 120 years ago, in 1892, the U.S. Government conducted land surveys in the area we know as Copeland. At this time, this area was part of Kootenai County. In 1903, Caleb and Harriet Ames were living on 80
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Compiled by Howard Kent The CCC was a public relief program, part of the New Deal years of 1933-1942. The most active years in Boundary County were 1934 and 1935, however the Bonners Ferry Herald noted that the Twenty Mile
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A dedication program was held at the Boundary County Museum June 9 to present the historic interpretive signs funded in part through an Idaho Humanities Council Grant, featuring the history of farming in the Kootenai Valley and the bench land.
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Originally published – Bonners Ferry Herald – May 10, 2018 | By Tanna Yeoumans – Staff Writer Community members came together to remember the year 1918 and the effects of World War I on May 4 at the Boundary County
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100 years ago… What global event was taking place in 1918 that ties Boundary County to the rest of the world? “The War to End all Wars,” World War I, The Great War that originated in Europe and lasted from
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