Today’s Tale ~ 100 years ago today, Stephen Douglas (S.D.) Taylor passed away. Born on February 3, 1863, S.D. aspired to be a newspaper man. At the age of 27, he started The Kootenai Herald in the town of Kootenai
Stephen Douglas (S.D.) Taylor
Museum Musings – Our Trip To Spokane
By: Gini Woodward As the museum worker-bees continue to sort through accumulated piles of unfiled papers and documents, an occasional treasure worth sharing floats to the surface. Life in remote Boundary County has always provided the opportunity for brave adventures
Teddy Roosevelt’s Caribou
TR Visits Bonners Ferry by Howard Kent December 2012 With the recent presidential election over, it was thought appropriate to reflect on a U.S. President who briefly passed through our neck of the woods. In September of 1888, a
Today’s Tale ~ S.S. Klondike
Today’s Tale ~ Been doing some research for a steamboat historian from Canada. He asked what we knew about the SS Klondike running on the Kootenai River. We talked it over in the research room, and none of us had
Tales and Legends From Crestwood
written in 1928, by Mrs. C. C. French from Cloverdale ranch of Crestwood, “that picturesque little suburb of Creston, which snuggles partly, along and over the arm of the western mountains to the international boundary.” An excerpt — “Yes, I
Today’s Tale ~ 1970’s Northside
Today’s Tale ~ This awesome photo was recently donated to your Museum! The 1933-1984 steel and concrete bridge over the Kootenai River. Look at the many business buildings on the Northside. Great Photo! Thanks for the donation!
“Sundance-Trapper Peak Fires” Oral Histories
The Sundance Fire, a lightning caused wildfire of 55,910 acres, broke out on August 23 and burned through September, 1967. On the afternoon and evening of September 1, the wildfire made a historic run burning through the Pack River drainage
A Spiritual and Educational Leader
Mary Viley Hawkins Mary Viley Hawkins, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hawkins, was born April 15, 1876 on a tobacco plantation in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. The prominent Viley and Hawkins families had adjoining plantations breeding thoroughbred race horses and
Bonners Ferry During Prohibition Days
Prohibition in Idaho and its influence on Boundary County The “Roaring Twenties” and “Dirty Thirties” generated some wild times in Boundary County’s history. Experience a virtual tour of those exciting decades of “soda parlors” and “beer-less bars,” and be introduced
“Tappings from an Ancient Scribe”
Laura Grace Bauman Laura Grace Bauman (pronounced “Bowman”) born on February 19, 1910 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho to Solomon and Florence Hoagland Bauman, grew up with two brothers, Everett “Bud” and Warren and one sister, Phyllis. Grace’s father bought the