On his Facebook wall, former Bonners Ferry mayor Darrell Kerby has posted this interesting bit of North Idaho history: "Idaho's Kootenai County was formed in 1864. It was named after the Kootenai Tribe located in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. In 1907 Kootenai County was split. The northern portion was called Bonner County after Edwin L Bonner, the operator of the ferry across the Kootenai River in Bonners Ferry. In 1915 Bonner County was split and the northern portion became Boundary County due to it "boundaries" on Canada, Washington and Montana. There is no Kootenai in Kootenai County, there is no Bonner in Bonner County. All of North Idaho was named after the influential people of Bonners Ferry and its environs. That explains why Boundary County and Bonners Ferry remain today on "top" of Idaho.

Question: What do you know about the history of North Idaho?