"Roy Buck purchased 600 acres north of Hershman's dairy in 1924, establishing a fox fur farm. Tapping into one of the springs to supply needed water, Buck built a home and buildings north of the Highway, to house fox and mink." ~ Small Towns Big Dreams, Boundary County, Idaho 

This Week in History - 100 Years Ago ~ "Articles of incorporation for the Moyie Springs Fur Company were filed with the County Auditor yesterday, the incorporators being A.J. Kent, Alan DeWolf, and Roy Buck. The company has 12 pairs of registered silver foxes and plans are now underway to equip 200 acres near Moyie Station, on the Spokane International Railway, for raising foxes and other fur-bearing animals." 

This certificate for 10 shares in the Moyie Springs Fur Company was sold to A.B. Ashby on April 24, 1925. 

Your Boundary County Historical Society and Museum, 7229 Main, Bonners Ferry, Idaho sponsors this column.  

Visit the museum, Thursday-Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m., or visit the website at boundarycountymuseum.org or the museum’s Facebook page for historical photos and stories, and to see upcoming events. The museum can be reached via email at doyouremember@meadowcrk.com or by phone at 208-267-7720.