This week in history - July 15, 2021

100 Years Ago

Albert Hende, for the past two years the manual training instructor of the B.F. schools, and for several years prior an employee of the B.F. Lumber Co., has leased the former K.V. Times building on Main Street of W.L. Kinnear and plans to engage in the furniture business.

The first shipments of ore for this season from the Idaho-Continental Mining Co. were made last week, two carloads being shipped over the Great Northern Railway to the smelter.

Wm. H. Rideout returned to his home at Porthill Sunday after having spent several weeks working on his mining claims on the headwaters of Smith Creek.

First State Bank was robbed. At gunpoint, Assistant Cashier Hanson was compelled to open the safe and deliver several thousand dollars in currency. Two bank employees were locked in the safety deposit vault.

50 Years Ago

Duane Gross, Bonners Ferry, is the winner of the 1971 Kootenai River Derby, which is annually sponsored by the Bonners Ferry Lions Club. “Gross was right on the money with his guess of 33.84 feet.”

A 1967 Plymouth was completely destroyed by fire yesterday after a faulty wheel bearing burned through a brake line and set the brake fluid ablaze.

About 20 people turned out Monday to discuss the future of the Boundary County Volunteer Ambulance. It was decided to continue the coverage on a volunteer basis.

15 Years Ago

Despite months of public meetings and support from residents, motorists, wildlife interest groups and first responders, the Idaho Transportation Department killed the planned realignment of Highway 95 through the McArthur Lake area south of Bonners Ferry.

The Kootenai Kloggers annual Huckleberry Festival takes place Friday through Sunday at the slab at the Boundary County Fairgrounds.

A new online swap group gives Bonners Ferry residents the chance to pick up free items and the organizer hopes more people will join up to give everything from kittens to weed eaters new homes.

Submitted by the Boundary County Museum