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Boundary County was Established
Boundary County was established January 23, 1915 with the County Seat at Bonners Ferry. The name Boundary was chosen as the county has boundaries with Canada and two states -- Washington and Montana. It borders only one other Idaho County -- Bonner Co. to the South.
David Thompson who was the first known white man in what is now Boundary County, opened up the fur trade in Idaho in 1808. In 1864, E. L. Bonner established a ferry on the Kootenai River at what is now Bonners Ferry. Richard & Martin Fry bought out Bonner in 1875 and for 10 years they with their families were the only white people in the county. The Great Northern Railroad was built through the area in the 1892.
The county seat of Boundary County is Bonners Ferry.
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