The following stories are taken from the History of Boundary County, Idaho published by the Boundary County Historical Society in 1987.

**We moved back up to Smith hill when I was six. There was only Colon Smith and we three Austin girls of school age. They wanted to open the school again, but had to have a least five kids, so they added Colon Smith Jr's old dog Bob, to the list and we had a school. Old Bob was just as faithful about going to school as we kids were.

Bill Stoner homesteaded one hundred sixty acres and made his cabin close to the road. He was a trapper. I heard them tell this story about old Bill: He was in the hills all winter trapping. Of course, about all he lived on in the hills was beans and bacon. In the spring when he came out of the hills, Tot's mother had him down for fried chicken dinner. There were some beans left over from the day before, so she warmed them up. Old Bill sat down, looked the table over, cleared his throat, and said, "Please pass the beans."
by Vonnie Smith

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