This Week in Boundary County History - March 31, 2022

This Week In History

100 Years Ago

A large rock slide on the Great Northern tracks about a mile west of town claimed the lives of three men on Monday. William Clark, Dorville Walters and Arthur States were killed as a crew was starting spring clean-up on the tracks.

An agreement has been reached for the new electric power plant at Moyie Springs to furnish 200 horsepower to the Cynide Gold Mining Co. at the rate of $32.50 per horsepower per year. The contract will cover five years.

The state fish and game bureau in Boise has started mailing out the 1922 fish and game licenses. Approximately 80 to 90 thousand Class 1 or resident licenses are to be distributed. Deputy Game Warden Heathershaw stated that all trappers who wish to trap muskrats in April must have a new license.

50 Years Ago

Late yesterday afternoon, the sheriff’s office alerted the Boundary County Search and Rescue Unit to aid in looking for a young local man overdue from a skiing and snowshoeing hike near Black and Clifty Mountains. Roy Knecht, 19, a 1971 BFHS graduate, left his brother, Mark, and a companion along Twenty-Mile Road about noon. Knecht showed up at the George Koppang home in Paradise Valley and the search was called off.

Dick Sims and Terry Van Buren are the owners of the newly opened Bonners Ferry shop, “The General Store,” located on Main Street next to Doug’s Litehouse Café.

Boundary County Sheriff Brown announced this week the resignation of Walt Wilder, chief deputy, who will take a position with the County Road and Bridge Department.

15 Years Ago

In what Panhandle National Forest Supervisor Ranotta McNair called a historical moment, Monday, the U.S. Forest Service formally released its Myrtle Creek Watershed Final Environmental Impact Statement.

For the fifty-first year in a row, the local Masonic Lodge will host its annual “International Night” at the Bonners Ferry lodge building across from Larson’s in downtown Bonners Ferry.

Barbara Rexford of Bonners Ferry, is one of five finalists in the Birds and Bloom’s annual Backyard Photo Contest.

Submitted by the Boundary County Museum