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History and Genealogy
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Bonner County, Idaho
Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
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My name is Sandra Davis and as your Bonner County, Idaho host I
try to post as much data online as possible in order to make it freely
available to all. We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as
census information, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county
histories, biographies, old newspaper items - anything that would help
someone build their family tree!!
Feel free to email me with your contributions - every little bit helps!
I regret that I am unable to do personal research.
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| Bonner
County was formed on February 21, 1907 from sections of Kootenai County
and is located in the Idaho Panhandle. The county was named after Edwin
L. Bonner who established a ferry on the Kootenai River in 1864 near
present day Bonners Ferry, Idaho. David Thompson, the first known white man to enter Bonner County, established
Kullyspel House trading post near present-day Hope in 1809. The first two
settlements were established in the 1860s to accommodate the miners on their way
to the gold fields in British Columbia and western Montana. A steamboat was
launched on the Pend Oreille River in 1866, making travel much easier. The
Northern Pacific Railroad reached Bonner County in 1881, prompting the
establishment of several towns. In the next twenty-five years, two more
railroads crossed Bonner County, connecting the scattered communities.
Steamboats continued to serve the communities and settlers on Lake Pend Oreille
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Bonner County, Idaho |
Beautiful Lake Pend O'Reille
Near Denton Sloughs
Hope, Idaho
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cemetery headstones. They provide key data such as dates of birth,
marriage information and dates of death. To submit headstone
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information that you may have by submitting them here and filling out the transmittal form.
Please include your email address should we have any questions.
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Surrounding Counties
Boundary County
Shoshone County
Kootenai County
Lincoln County,
Montana
Sanders County,
Montana
Spokane County,
Washington
Pend Oreille County,
Washington
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c. 1939
Priest River Valley
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