This Week In History - March 21, 2024

100 Years Ago

In response to a request made by Robert D. Leeper, of Lewiston, Idaho, President of the Pioneer Society of Idaho, Martin Fry, who is a member of the board of directors , representing Boundary County, has called a meeting to be held in the Knights of Pythias hall at seven o'clock the evening of Tuesday, April 1, for the purpose of forming a Boundary County Pioneer Society and to provide a means of bringing together the pioneers of this district for a social evening.

Work is progressing on the construction of three brick blocks on Main Street and it is probable that a fourth will be built this spring. The Tom Nichelson building at the corner of Main and Railroad, Myers and Strom two story at Main and Bonner Streets, C.D. Simond's bldg between Myers and Strom and the Crescent Garage.

The February issue of the National Reclamation Magazine, published in Chicago, carries a beautiful picture of Drainage District No. 1, across the front of the outside cover, with the caption, "Where Once Was a Swamp in Idaho."

50 Years Ago

A native Mexican dance, acrobatics, flute and piano performances are just a sample of 30 acts in three divisions - grade school, high school and adult - which promises a colorful evening of entertainment in the Annual Kiwanis Talent Show this Friday night.

The population of Boners Ferry will jump about 1,500 Saturday - but just for that day. That is the number of students expected to participate in the third annual Intermountain Junior High Music Festival.

Among the first snowbirds to arrive home last Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Claus Johnson. They have spent most of the winter months near Niland, California in the Salton Sea area.

15 Years Ago

Bonners Ferry Ranger District on Monday began accepting applications for renting its recently remodeled historic Snyder Guard Station.

Friends of the Arts will host the Broadway musical comedy "Bye Bye Birdie" at 7:30 Friday, April 3, in Becker Auditorium at Bonners Ferry High School.

Ten timber-related jobs are expected to be created in Boundary County thanks to the $787 billion in federal stimulus money. The Northern Region of the Forest Service and the Idaho Department of Lands will receive $2 million to beef up existing programs to thin dead and dying trees and vegetation that can fuel a forest fire.

~Submitted by the Boundary County Museum