Newspapers contain valuable information for research of all kinds, historical or current events.
Because newspapers also contain commentaries or retrospective articles about events, they can also serve as a secondary source. Whether used as a primary or a secondary source, newspapers can provide a valuable research tool.
Newspapers contain valuable information about our ancestors and family. They can help in finding information and facts about your family history.
These sources can supplement public records and offer you information that is not documented elsewhere, and one can learn much about their ancestor’s daily activities by showing them in the context of their time.
Available Digitally Online:
- And at the Boundary County Community Archives
- The Bonners Ferry Herald 1929-1934
In the Museum Archives:
The Boundary County Museum has in the archives, microfilms, bound volumes and unbound copies of the Kootenai and Bonners Ferry Herald, and the Bonners Ferry News, along with other individual issues of other newspapers, which are accessed by staff only.
- Kootenai herald 1891 – 1904: bound volumes & microfilm
* The first Idaho newspaper published north of Rathdrum, the Kootenai County seat. - Bonners Ferry Herald 1904 – 2025: bound volumes, unbound copies & microfilm
- Kootenai Valley Times, 1917-1920: a few unbound copies
- Bonners Ferry News 1928 – 29: bound volumes
- Bonners Ferry Daily Sentinel 1933 Jan – Mar: a few unbound copies
- Kootenai Valley times 1989 – 1999: a few unbound copies
- Kootenai Valley Press – 2000’s: a few unbound copies
- Kootenai Valley daily news – 1 copy put out by the Kootenai Valley times)
Other Newspapers published in Boundary County:
For a list of all known newspapers and to find information on other libraries around the country that may have copies, a list is being kept by the Boundary County IDGenWeb Page: Newspapers of Boundary County
:: Latest Update September 2025 ::