Nugget Newsletter – Fall 2023

Nugget Newsletter – Fall 2023

Rishiri student visits resume The following article, originally published in the Ferry County View, has been edited for length while attempting to retain its original sense. For the first time since the covid pandemic halted much international travel, visits to the...

Judge Brown article from News Miner

The following article by William Compton Brown, locally known as “Judge Brown” for his later judicial career, was published in the Republic News-Miner on September 20, 1923. How the San Poil Received its Name Recently the News received a letter from a prominent...
100 Years Ago – September 6, 1923

100 Years Ago – September 6, 1923

By Madilane Perry, Ferry County Historical Society Selections from the Republic News-Miner for Thursday, September 6, 1923 There are two page 1 articles in this issue, each taking up a full column, that were promised in the previous issue. One is the article by T.A....
Nugget Newsletter – Summer 2023

Nugget Newsletter – Summer 2023

New Logo To your left you will see the FCHS’s new logo. Its history is described in a slightly abridged letter to the editor of the Ferry County View on August 2nd. The Ferry County Historical Society has a new logo. The design presents, in chronological orderfrom...

Spring 2023 Newsletter

Museums Open for the Summer The Ferry County Historical Society’s museum across the street from Republic’s city park will open Friday May 26th. The museum will be open from 10:00 am to 2:00 p.m. Friday through Monday through Labor Day. The museum features exhibits on...
Spring 2022 Newsletter

Spring 2022 Newsletter

Open Again! The FCHS Muse­um in the Whittaker/ Fletcher House across from the park in Re­public will be open on the same schedule as last summer, beginning Memorial Day week­end. And ending Labor Day. The hours will be Friday through Mon­day, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Due...

Winter 2022 Nugget Newsletter

A Moving Experience On November 3rd several FCHS members were involved in moving part of the collection that has been stored for several decades in a bay in one of the Republic City Shop sheds. The City maintenance crew needed room to park some of the City equipment...

Spring 2021 Nugget Newsletter

New Bylaws & Policies After much discussion the FCHS Board of Trustees adopted an updated set of bylaws at its April meeting. In addition to the new bylaws the Board has adopted policies covering nondiscrimination and Conflict of Interest. Copies of the bylaws...

Winter 2021 Nugget Newsletter

As the Nugget went to press we received word the last founding member of the FCHS, Richard M. Slagle, had passed away at the age of 101. Dick was Ferry County’s memory and the community will be at a loss for first-hand historical knowledge without him. We will try to...
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