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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZD_a-town-is-born-along-the-way_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
The Lower Kootenai people, on their seasonal migrations, were the first to travel through this area. They walked time-worn forest trails and paddled their sturgeon-nosed canoes on the Kootenai River and through the valley marshlands.
In 1808 Can…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZC_great-northern-railway-1892_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
James J. Hill realized his vision of a northernmost transcontinental railroad in 1892, after the 1889 discovery of the Marias pass in Montana. The gentle grade and wide valley of the 5,213 ft. pass through the Rocky Mountains contrasted with the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZB_kootenai-valley-railway_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
The Kootenai Valley Railroad, a subsidiary of the Great Northern, connected the main line from a spur near Bonners Ferry to the southern end of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia. Completed in 1899, its purpose was to connect with the Canadian Kasl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZA_spokane-international-railway_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
In 1905 Inland Empire construction magnate, D.C. Corbin, set out to build a railway line from Spokane to the international border. His plan was import coal from British Columbia to markets in eastern Washington.
The Spokane International Railroa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ9_railroad-laborers_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
A vast labor force was needed during construction of the railroads. Workers came from many ethnic groups, bringing a piece of "home" with them as they contributed to the growing culture of Boundary County.
Laborers hired for low wages, became ex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ8_railroad-services_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
Railroads brought many changes to rural life, providing access to roadless areas. Depots were built in towns like Leonia, Meadow Creek, and Addie. Passenger cars carried people comfortably on business and pleasure trips, dramatically reducing trav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ7_logging-railroads_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
In the early days, this area was forested with vast swaths of huge virgin timber. As timber became less available along waterways, logging spur lines and railroad sidings were constructed to access more distant timber. Many logging camps sprang up…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ6_semaphores_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
Semaphores were signaling devices used along railroads to control the movement of trains. The position of the blades and colored lenses told the engineer whether he should continue at the present speed, slow down and proceed with caution or move t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AY4_crossing-the-kootenai_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
Bonners Ferry riverfront today is quiet compared to the bustling center of activity it was during the 1860s gold rush. Picture prospectors and pack trains, traders and supples, all gathered here waiting to be ferried across the river to continue t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AY0_electrifying-bonners-ferry_Bonners-Ferry-ID.html
Harnessing water for power
Electricity and fast-flowing rivers are inseparable in the Pacific Northwest. In the early 1900s, harnessing the power of water to supply Bonners Ferry's ever-increasing demand for electricity was challenging. Lo…