This Week in History - July 16, 2026

100 Years Ago

Forest fires are still raging after being started last week by lightning. 125 fire fighters are working in the Caribou Creek area where flames have devastated over 7,000 acres.

Idaho will license 97,000 automobiles this year, an increase from 10,000 just a few years ago.

The USS Idaho is a giant of the sea, with a length of 624 feet and breadth of 97 feet, it displaces 32,000 tons of sea water. It was built in Camden, N.J. and launched in 1919. It has 54 officers and 1,307 crew members, along with a 24 bed hospital.

50 Years Ago

The sheriff's department reported this week that a 1974 Pontiac Ventura was stolen from the used car lot of D and P Motors Saturday. The car was found abandoned on the West Side Road.

Bonners Ferry Kiwanis Club's barbecue at Mirror Lake Golf Course was used for the first time Friday evening.

Bonners Ferry was deluged by a heavy rainstorm.

15 Years Ago

Alpha Nu State of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, honored Elsie Hollenbeck with its State Achievement Award.

Steve Binnall, Chris Rawlings, Eamonn McCoy and Sean McCoy took the Herald to the top of Mt. Rainier, Wa.

Seventy teams signed up to compete in SWISH in downtown Bonners Ferry over the weekend.

Gov. Otter announced Tuesday that Idaho ended fiscal year 2011 on June 30 with significantly more general fund tax revenue than expected.

Submitted by the Boundary County Museum