The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Bovill was named for a settler. Hugh Bovill was an Englishman who bought the Warren Meadows homestead in 1901 to ranch. With the rapid infusion of loggers, homesteaders, and sportsmen, Bovill and his wife Charlotte opened a hotel in 1903, which included a store and post office in 1907. The railroad arrived that same year and as logging activity increased nearby, the town became too wild for the couple and their two daughters, and they left for Coeur d'Alene in 1911; (Hugh died in 1935 in Oregon, Charlotte in 1947 in California).
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CommonsMain Street in Winter, circa 19302014 · postcard
CommonsLumberyard, circa 19102014 · postcard
CommonsLaborers Yarding Logs, 19092014 · postcard
CommonsHeadquarter's Boville Townsite Company, 19072014 · postcard
CommonsForest Scene, circa 19302014 · postcard
CommonsForest Road, circa 19302014 · postcard
CommonsCivilian Conservation Corps Camp, P 208, at Collins, 19332014 · postcard
CommonsBovill Hospital2014 · postcard
CommonsBird's Eye View, 19112014 · postcard
CommonsLatah county (ID) roads2007
CommonsBovill-id-us-tavern2007
CommonsIDMap-doton-Bovill20043 historic places in Bovill
3 places in Bovill are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.