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Centennial Celebration Boundary County came into existence on January 23, 1915. At the time of statehood, the northern Panhandle of Idaho was incorporated as part of Kootenai County with the county seat in Rathdrum. In 1907, the northern portion split
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Boundary County Centennial blast coming up One hundred years ago, late on a Saturday night in 1915, Moses Alexander, who had been Idaho’s governor for only 19 days, signed Idaho House Bill No. 1. With that signature, on January 23,
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The Ferry at Bonners Ferry Originally published – NewsBF.com – Dec 20,, 2014 Fifty cents is what it would cost you to cross the Kootenai River on Mr. Bonner’s original ferryboat when it was first established by an act of
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Some might think a cemetery tour a little odd, but a tour of this Boundary County cemetery proved to be quite interesting and enlightening . . . On Saturday, October 4, thirty-two people gathered at the historic gates of Grandview
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RED CARPET MOVIE PREMIER AT THE MUSEUM Kootenai River Days is fast approaching and the Boundary County Museum will be actively involved in this community celebration. The Museum will host the world wide premier of a just completed film, “
Read More...Museum takes crowd back in time, also announces plans for Railroad Courtyard Originally published: NewsBF.com – May 24, 2014 “All Aboard!” boomed the voice of the conductor. And with that, the crowd at the Boundary County Museum was taken back
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The newest exhibit at the Boundary County Museum is the White Caribou Bar, dedicated in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, May 18th 2013 NewsBF.com – May 21, 2013 It took a lot of people to bring back to life
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“Let’s Get Territorial” NewsBF.com – February 21, 2013 March 4, 2013, marks the 150th anniversary of the creation of Idaho Territory. Kootenai Tribal Chair Jennifer Porter, Boundary County Commission chair Dan Dinning and Bonners Ferry Mayor David Anderson are proclaiming
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Originally published Bonner County Daily Bee – September 23, 2012 | By DAVID GUNTER Feature correspondent BONNERS FERRY — How much value does Boundary County place on its history? Just take a look at downtown Bonners Ferry to find the
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The Smithsonian Exhibit “The Way We Worked” Schedule of Events May 12 – June 23, 2012 The Museum Exhibit will be open to the public Monday – Saturday 10am – 7pm Sunday Noon – 4pm The Smithsonian traveling exhibit,
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