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By Dottie Gray Those who worked on the railroads often gave names to places that have remained with us even today. Place names like Leonia, Moravia, Roman Nose, Eileen, Naples, and Copeland were all connected to the chains of railways
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“Mosquito Flats” was the site of the second “Stories in Stone” Historical Cemetery Tour. We gathered on Saturday, October 3, 2015 on the land which in 1903 Otis Collins donated for a church and a cemetery. Familiar family names such
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Boundary County Museum opens their summer season with special presentation Originally published – NewsBF.com – May 13, 2015 The Boundary County Museum kicked off their summer season (and their summer hours) with a big event last Saturday, May 9. Special
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Oh, What a Dig! by Dottie Gray, Boundary County Museum Plastic spoons, toothpicks, and paint brushes were transformed into tools needed by budding junior archaeologists, as fourth graders from Mt. Hall, Naples, and Valley View schools came to the Museum
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Wait a minute. Was this 2015? Or was it, somehow . . . . 1915? It seemed like it might be 1915, as organizers of Boundary County’s Centennial celebration faithfully recreated the original celebration of 100 years ago, when residents
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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, “
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