This Week in History - Nov. 30, 2023

100 Years Ago

The new fireproof concrete vaults at the county courthouse have been completed and for the first time since Boundary County was organized, it is now possible to keep all the county records in a fireproof room. The new vault is 10x20 feet in diameter and contains two floors.

Thirty-three head of horses, owned by J.E. Dodson, a road contractor working on the state highway between Moyie Springs and the Idaho-Montana state line were killed Tuesday under the supervision of Deputy State Veterinarian White of Bonners Ferry and Seagraves of Coeur d’ Alene. The horses were infected with glanders.

The high school basketball team from Troy, Montana put up a hard fight at the game held here last  Friday evening in the high school gymnasium, but the local boys piled up a score of 43 against Troy’s 19.

50 Years Ago

On a rainy afternoon recently, work began towards relocating the David Thompson memorial. It is indeed a “monumental” task moving a 15-ton historical marker from the Burlington Northern Depot, where it has stood since 1926, to this new site in the downtown mini-park.

Caribou Raceway hosted the first snowmobile race of the season here last Sunday and all reports indicate a successful day for racers, fans, and sponsors. Winners shared $550 in prize money and Panhandle Snowmobile Club NO. 45 president, Herman Mesenbrink, and race directors Larry Swing and Robert Schnuerle had only words of praise.

After more than 17 years of banking service, Estella Thomas is retiring from the Bank of Idaho.

15 Years Ago

Anthony Krezman recently opened Anthony’s Tattoo at 4222 Main Street next to the Rex Theatre. A Bit of Paradise at 6414 Main expanded to the former Corner Drug Store on the SW corner of Bonner and Main.

Within a 10-mile stretch of Highway 2 are two Boundary County restaurants that will serve a free Thanksgiving dinner. For the 19th year in a row, Three Mile Café will be serving dinner to the public from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Owner Chuck Quillin is staffed with around 25 volunteers. The café served over 400 people last Thanksgiving. George and Shirley Elliott, owners of Moyie Springs Store, will be serving an old-fashioned meal to the residents of Moyie Springs for a second year in a row.

Teacher of the Year Awards for Boundary County School District went to trustee Melanie Staples, Friend of Education; Joan Myers and Craig Anderson, Teachers of the Year; and technology director Rob Kent, Classified Employee of the Year.

~Submitted by the Boundary County Museum