Twice Formed and Once Divided Bonner County History
Bonner County in Idaho’s young 1907 status arose from a legislative split with Kootenai County and a later national note on seat location and county identity. The era features Ed win L. Bonner’s ferry venture, Sandpoint’s rise, and multiple trading posts shaping regional boundaries and early transportation links. The 1894 flood year remains a notable event in local memory.
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Bonner County
Kootena County
Herman
Taylor
Spaulding
Lewis
Clark
Kootenai
Supreme ‘Co
Bonners
Ferry
Bonner
Kooterria
North
Edwin L. Bonner
Abraham
Sandpoint strife over flood forces westward drift
Flooding from rapid snowmelt inundates a railroad trestle near Sandpoint causing ballast cars to be used to buoy the structure. The North ern Pacific raises tracks above high water as the town splits along the line, leaving Sandpoint divided and seeking new ground beyond the rail cut.
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Panhandle
Northern Pacific Railroad
Sandpoint
Sand Creek
Granite Creek
Lakeview Landing
Priest Lake
Grover Cleveland
Priest River
North Idaho
Great Northern
Grace High School Graduate Enlists in U S Navy
Robert L. Swensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Swensen of Grace Idaho, was sworn into the U S Navy in Boise on January 10 1963 as a High School Seaman Recruit. He graduated Grace High in May 1962 and enlisted at the Pocatello Recruiting Station. He proceeds to San Diego for about ten weeks of basic training and will receive two weeks leave before reporting to his first duty station.
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Robert L. Swensen
Raymond Swensen
Grace
Idaho
US. Navy
Boise
Robert
Grace High School
Pocatello
Samuel J. Pope
EMC
USN
Navy
San Diego
California
Local social notes and club meetings in Soda Springs
The Soda Springs page lists residents re elected and traveling to Salt Lake City. It notes VA club monthly meeting with 13 members and 2 guests, Delta Kappa Gamma gathering at Cedar View Springs with guest speaker Stan Ripson, and various visits by family members and minor medical updates at Preston Hospital.
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Nisarg
Salt Laks City
Spencer
Wayne Hansas
Miary
Pr Tlansen
AAWU
Thatcher School
Carl Balitt Bona Lou Pack of
Presty
United Nation
Delldenhall
Erma
Vera Young
Preston Hospital
Navy ship USS Thomaston on quarantine duty in Caribbean
Richard Whitworth, apprentice USN, son of Mrs E L Whitworth, served aboard the landing ship USS Thomaston as it joined States quarantine forces in the Caribbean. The Thomaston returns to San Diego December 15 after months with the fleet amphibious force. It was among ships with 18 000 Navy Marines mobilized for West Coast duties.
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Caribbean
Richard Whitworth
USN
E. L. Whitworth
Tho
Thomaston
San Diego
California
Fleet Amphibious Force
Ameri Power
Abro
Act
West Coast
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Frances Sleep
Canada
Pend Oreille
Venton
Northern Pacific
Soffer Ally
Great Northern Railroad
L. D. Farmin
David Thompson
Hyaho
Father DeSmet
Selkirk Mountain Range
Roathan
Italy
John Mullan
Mullan
Kaniksu
Seneacquoteen
Pend Oreille River
Hudson's Bay
Charles H. Campfield
Kootenays
Fort Walla Walla
Washington Territory
Great Yellowstone Savings and Loan Association
Montpelier, Idaho
Ray Larson
Great Yellowstone
Washington Street
U.S
Boston
Pacific
Charles Jackson
Hope
Rock Mountain Division
Hillside
Clark's Fork
Clark Fork
Sagle
Turnbull Brothers
Oliver
Tom
Fred
Lou Summer
Humbird Lumber Co
Cleveland News
Thatcher
Jenifer Smith
Nathan Smith
Stevens Henager College
Salt Lake City
Jenifer
I. W. Stevens
Miss Smith
Della Mendenhall
Monte Mendenhall
Logan
Murat Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Rhonda
Ray Wiler
Verl Nielson
Bob Burton
Cleveland Ward Relief Society
Marjorie Panter
Ralph Clarenshaw
Salt Lake
James Clarenshaw
Lago
Thatcher Hornet
Arch Jenkins
Newton
Utah
Emil Hansen
Bill Jorgensen
Bancroft
Don Wilbert
Una Hansen
Ora Meacham
Lago Quilting Club
Lenora Ruad
Jennie Mendenhall
Cora Harris
Eva Bitton
Loretta Hansen
Leota Harris
Mary Mickelson
Delia Rasmussen
Ola Turner
Lena Clarenshaw
Una Hansen-Ma Turner
Robert Swensen
U.S. Navy
E. Matthews Financial Agency
South Main - Matthews
Soda Springs
Caribou County
J. W. On
Optome
Montpelier
Idah
Tiga
Oldsmobile
ACE Chevrolet Company, Inc
Boda Springs, Idaho
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