∙Masonic Lodge Cowboy Breakfast, 6-11 a.m.
∙Street Sports and Super Egg Toss, Main Street, 9 a.m.
∙Slack Rodeo at the Border Days Arena, 10 a.m. (free)
∙Bicentennial Historical Museum open noon-4 p.m., with special guest artists Gordon and Rebecca
∙Main Street parade, 2 p.m.
∙Rodeo, 6 p.m., Family Night, Pink Out the Stands to Fight Cancer Night, Triple Bar Drill team to perform, live music following rodeo with Wade Aylett
∙Masonic Lodge Cowboy Breakfast, 6-11 a.m.
∙Street Sports and Super Egg Toss, Main Street, 9 a.m.
∙Toy Scramble, ages 0-6, Main Street across from Heritage Square following the egg toss. Sponsored by Grangeville Health & Rehabilitation-Cascadia.
∙Cornhole tournament, Green Acres parking lot, sign up at 9:30 a.m., starts at 10 a.m. To benefit softball and baseball.
∙Root beer floats, Idaho County Veterans Center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
∙Art in the Park, Pioneer Park, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
∙CIAA/SRAG art show at the Elks, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
∙Main Street parade, 2 p.m.
∙REUNION: GHS All-Class Reunion, Grangeville Gun Club, 3:15 p.m. (following parade).
∙Bicentennial Historical Museum open noon-4 p.m., with special guest artists Gordon and Rebecca
∙Rodeo, 6 p.m., Triple Bar Drill Team to perform. Live music following the rodeo with the Tamarack Ridge Band.
∙Street Dance to Vintage Youth, 7--11:30 p.m., between Northwest Insurance and The Trails.
∙American Legion Firecracker Fun Run, sponsored by B&F Power Vac, Idaho County Veterans Center, 6 a.m.
∙Masonic Lodge Cowboy Breakfast, 6-11 a.m.
∙Street Sports and Super Egg Toss, Main Street, 9 a.m.
∙Camas Prairie Cruisers Show and Shine, Les Schwab Tire Center,
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
∙Root beer floats, Idaho County Veterans Center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
∙Art in the Park, Pioneer Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
∙Grangeville United Methodist Church strawberry shortcake, Pioneer Park, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
∙CIAA/SRAG art show at the Elks, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
∙”Welcome Home” barbecue for veterans at the Idaho County Veterans Center, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
∙Border Days Royalty luncheon, 11 a.m., Eagles Hall, C Street
∙Kiddies Parade, meet at courthouse, 1:30 p.m.
∙Main Street parade, 2 p.m.
∙Idaho Community Choir to perform special 250th tribute at Pioneer Park Pavilion following the parade.
∙Bicentennial Historical Museum open noon-4 p.m., with special guest artists Gordon and Rebecca; special music with Gordon & George
∙Rodeo, 6 p.m., Triple Bar Drill Team to perform.
∙Fireworks, GHS football field, 10 p.m. Sponsored by the Grangeville Volunteer Fire Department and local businesses and individuals.
EXTRAS
∙July 5: CIAA/SRAG art show at the Elks, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
NOTE: The Grangeville City Pool is open selected times during Border Days, see Facebook for schedule; For movie times and days for The Blue Fox Theater and Sunset Auto Vue drive in, check Facebook.
 

Boggan is Grand Marshal
RIGGINS — Doug Boggan figures the best hat for the job is the old work hat.
That fits. The 2026 Border Days grand marshal has never been much for polish when plain grit will do.
“I suppose I better wear a cowboy hat for my grand marshal photo, though,” he laughed, a twinkle in his eyes.
∙Boggan, 75, of Riggins, has spent a lifetime on horseback, horseback-adjacent, or wishing he were on horseback. Born at Boggan’s Oasis on the Grande Ronde River, he grew up with cattle, horses, dogs, good neighbors and enough work to make a person either run from ranch life or claim it for good. For Boggan, the choice came early.
While haying with an uncle when he was just a child on one hot, dusty day, the baler broke down and his uncle announced he was tired of it.
Boggan remembers thinking just the opposite.
“This is exactly what I want to do,” he said.
His path has wound from Anatone, Wash., to Southern California, where he studied animal science, trained horses and met his wife, Sharon, at Mt. San Antonio College. He ended up receiving his bachelor of science degree in animal science from Cal Poly Pamona. He and Sharon married in 1974, and built a life that moved through ranch jobs, hard years, bank work, guiding, outfitting, cattle, sheep, horses, children, rodeo and faith.
In 1993, the Boggans moved to the Riggins ranch that became home. The place started with rocks — lots of them — and a family willing to pick them.
“We didn’t have much of a choice,” laughed his daughter, Jenna, who is a technology teacher at Kamiah High School.
“And would you believe it? He bought a mechanical rock picker as soon as we were finished hand-picking this big field,” grinned son, James, now the technology director and FFA advisor at Salmon River High School.
“I did do that,” shrugged Boggan with an impish smile.
 Throughout the years, the Boggan family built a cattle operation that now runs about 190 cows over deeded land, state and BLM ground and a forest permit.
It has not been easy, Boggan said. He once hoped to pay the ranch off in 13 years. More than three decades later, he can laugh about how that plan went.
Still, the ranch held.
“We’re going to make it,” he said.
Rodeo has been stitched through nearly all of it. Boggan has attended Border Days for years and said he does not think he has missed one. He roped there — including winning sessions with both his son and daughter — helped line calves and became part of the rodeo family that stretches beyond bloodlines.
“I think the first time I roped at Border Days with Dad I was 11,” James recalled.
Boggan is also involved with the Riggins Rodeo and serves as an alternate on its board. He has also roped with both his son and daughter at the White Bird Rodeo.
For him, rodeo has always been one of the best family sports around.
“You can rope ’til you’re 90 if you don’t fall off,” he said.
That last part is not theoretical. Boggan recently fell off his horse at the Riggins Rodeo while roping with James. The horse, at least, behaved.
“He just stopped,” Boggan shook his head. “I guess Jenna jumped the fence to come down to the arena and see if I was OK, while James sat in his saddle to make sure he didn’t need to wave the EMTs in.”
“I was OK. I am OK,” he emphasized.
Boggan hopes to ride in the Border Days parade with his children and grandsons, Levi and Noah, if everyone can make it. His horses are older now, like him, but they know their jobs. One is “lazy as a house dog” until a steer appears. Then instinct takes over.
That matters to Boggan, who talks about good horses and good dogs with the same respect other people reserve for machinery, mentors or family heirlooms. A good border collie, he said, can read your mind. In mountain cattle country, a dog is not decoration. It is necessary. A tool.
“You can’t do anything in these mountains without a dog,” he said.
Boggan’s life has also been marked by service. He has taught Royal Rangers at the Assembly of God church for more than 20 years. James also teaches boys in the program alongside him.
Faith, Boggan said, is the center of his life. It was faith that helped guide him and Sharon when they accepted a ranch job near Race Creek years ago, and faith remains important as he steps into the grand marshal role.
Any success, he said, belongs to God.
When Border Days organizers asked him to be grand marshal, Boggan was surprised.
“I’m not from Grangeville,” he said, noting the river community has its own identity.
But he talked with his children, who told him he had to accept.
“It is an honor, for sure,” he said.
The honor comes after a hard year. Sharon, his wife of 51 years, died last year after suffering a stroke while the family was working cattle. Boggan speaks of her with the tenderness of someone still learning how to live without the person who helped make the life he loves possible.
She worked hard, he said. She raised their children, helped on the ranch, supported him even when the decision was expensive, difficult or, as Boggan puts it, “not necessarily the smart thing,” but the right thing.
That included his effort to bring a historic collection of bighorn sheep horns back to Idaho, where he believed they belonged. The horns, some dating back to the 1800s, are now connected to research and preservation.
Boggan’s world is full of such stories: a move with 50 cows, a wagon, a team of horses, a truck, a pickup, a car, a wife and a baby; a preacher on a long, steep horseback ride up Rapid River; neighbors who became indispensable; children who became educators; grandsons who rodeo.
It is a life built on cows in the wrong place, horses that know better than people, dogs that sometimes do and sometimes do not, and neighbors who show up when the job is too big for one man.
For Border Days, Boggan plans to show up the way he always has — horseback if possible, family nearby if possible, old work hat preferred — but he will most likely slip on the cowboy hat that is adorned with the tail remnants of one of his favorite horses.
Because that’s just who Doug Boggan is: hardworking, sentimental about the important people and things, and living the life he has loved for 75 years.

Sabrina Schmaus is Border Days Queen
GRANGEVILLE — Sabrina Schmaus is the 2026 Border Days Queen.
“I really enjoyed attending the royalty clinic in Walla Walla and expanding my knowledge during my reign,” Schmaus said. “I got to learn so many things about how to be a better queen.”
Schmaus has been a member of the Triple Bar Drill Team for the past seven years and is a first leader, leading the drill. She previously served as princess for Triple Bar (2022) and as the 2025 Riggins Rodeo Queen.
Schmaus barrel races on her 15-year-old paint “Patches,” including at the Lewiston Roundup.
Schmaus, 18, is the daughter of Sandra Schmaus of Grangeville, Adam Jones of Lewiston and Jaclyn Lohman of Lewiston. She is the granddaughter of Vance and Jo Ellen Schmaus of Grangeville.
Schmaus has an older brother, William, who is 21, and a baby brother, Casey, who is 9 months old.
Schmaus said she is excited to be a senior spokesman model for Nicole Hill Photography for the class of 2027.
Following her graduation from Grangeville High School this fall, she plans to become a Navy corpsman and then attend nursing school at Lewis-Clark State College.
“I would like to thank my princess, Sammi, and our royalty coordinator, Amy Farris, for such a great year,” she stated.
She and princess Sammi also thank Gortsema Motors for providing a truck for travel.

Sammi Spencer is Border Days Princess
OROFINO — Sammi Spencer, 17, is the Grangeville Border Days Rodeo Princess 2026.
“One of my most memorable moments from my reign is freezing my fingers off and laughing about it with queen Sabrina at the Cottonwood Christmas Parade,” she smiled.
The daughter of Kayla Salisbury of Orofino, Jerry Spencer of Orofino and Carl Salisbury of Grangeville will be a senior at Grangeville High School this fall.
She has seven siblings: Tucker Malloy, 21; Karl Spencer, 20; Lillian Spencer, 12; Olivia Salisbury, 11; Annie Salisbury, 7; Hoss Spencer, 5; and Helen Spencer, 2. She is the granddaughter of Larry and Carol Beauchamp of Kamiah.
Spencer is a member of the Triple Bar Drill Team and the Cottonwood Riding Club. She has previously served as junior queen of the Wild Weippe Rodeo. She will ride her 8-year-old paint horse Lady May during Border Days.
When she isn’t busy with school and riding, she works at Hoot’s Shop and Stay in White Bird.
Following graduation, Spencer plans to study cosmetology at Lewis-Clark State College.

Vet Center continues to support local veterans
By Lorie Palmer
Idaho County Free Press
GRANGEVILLE — For the past decade, the Idaho County Veterans Outreach and Community Center has served as a gathering place, resource hub and second home for veterans in Grangeville — and this year, the center is celebrating 10 years of service to the community.
The center, located at 318 East Main Street, first opened during Border Days in 2016 with what manager Jinny Cash jokingly described as a “soft opening.” At the time, the building had no air conditioning, no lights, and only lawn chairs and Christmas lights for furnishings.
“We served root beer floats and made a whole $75,” Cash said with a laugh. These sweet root beer treats have now become a Border Days tradition at the center.
The official grand opening followed in October 2016 after local veterans and volunteers transformed the former building into a welcoming space for veterans of all ages. Cash, an Army veteran and member of both the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, said the idea for the center grew from a simple realization: local veterans organizations had no permanent home of their own.
“The VFW was meeting in the Methodist Church basement. The American Legion was meeting in the armory,” Cash said. “As the District 2 Commander for the American Legion, I went around to all the different posts from Potlatch to Riggins. They all had their own home except for us.”
Today, the center hosts regular American Legion and VFW meetings, monthly dinners, Tuesday taco nights, Bingo games, cribbage and community gatherings such as for town hall meetings, the Cookies with Santa event and as a space to give out Toys for Tots annually. It also assists veterans seeking VA benefits, emergency support and a place to connect with others. Idaho County Veteran Services Officer Lucky Gallego has an office upstairs of the building.
Cash estimates the center has helped roughly 10,000 veterans in some capacity during the past decade.
“One elderly vet dropped in because he had run out of gas,” she said. “So, I grabbed a gas can from home, filled it, and brought him a couple gallons while he enjoyed a cup of coffee. We strive to lend a hand to any veteran in need.”
The center also quietly assists veterans in need with essentials to get them back on their feet. Beyond practical support, Cash believes the center has provided something equally important: community.
“I think that we have added to the life of a lot of the Vietnam and older veterans who didn’t have any place to go; those who didn’t have friends, didn’t have that community or every day kind of support,” Cash emphasized.
“As word got around the region about this hub that we had built, veterans organizations from other towns came here to see what we had created. There are now veterans outreach centers around the Panhandle and Eastern Washington,” she continued. “Legion and VFW posts around the state have started their own coffee hours just to bring vets in for camaraderie. I think we started something!”
The outreach center continues to operate Monday through Friday and remains staffed largely by volunteers. Funding comes through donations, fundraisers and the center’s popular Tuesday taco nights and the annual Veterans Day Patriot Ball.
To find out more about the center’s services and events, visit their website at http://idahocountyvets.center or on Facebook at IDCOVetscenter.
As the center marks 10 years, Cash said its mission remains unchanged — providing “a place for veterans to gather and the community to enjoy”

 Art and saddles to highlight museum July 2-4
GRANGEVILLE — Art, exhibits, saddles and friends will converge at the annual Bicentennial Historical Museum open house during Border Days.
The museum, located at 305 North College Street, will host guest artists Gordon Talley and his wife, Rebecca Bailey, in the basement, where friends can also gather for visiting and refreshments.
The public is invited to stop by Thursday through Saturday, July 2, 3, and 4, from noon to 4 p.m. each day.
Upstairs, museum tours will also be available.
American Indian, mining, military and much more, including county artifacts and photographs are available for viewing.
Two new pieces to the museum’s exhibits will include Ray Holes saddles that were recently donated.
Ray Holes was an internationally recognized saddlemaker from Grangeville whose craftsmanship became a hallmark of Western riding equipment. Born Aug. 29, 1911, in Winthrop, Wash., he moved to Cottonwood at age 11. In 1936, he married Lillian Baer, and the couple settled in Grangeville in 1937.
He began his career repairing leather at his parents’ farm, eventually building his first Western saddle in 1934. He was later honored as Idaho Folk Artist of the Year.
The Ray Holes Saddle Company, founded in Grangeville, became the oldest custom Western saddle shop in the United States, making its own trees and cinches.
Ray Holes died in 1996 at age 84, leaving behind a legacy of sought-after saddles.
Donated saddles:
∙The family of Grangeville rancher Wayne James donated his Ray Holes-made working saddle which he was given for his high school graduation in 1953.
“His stepdaughter, Cheryl Heuett, said he used that saddle up until his death,” explained museum director Pam Northcutt.
James was born Aug. 14, 1935, in Cottonwood. Shortly after his birth, he moved with his parents to a ranch about 10 miles north of Grangeville. He told his parents he wanted to stay on that ranch for the rest of his life and that is exactly what happened.
He attended grade school at the Columbus Schoolhouse on Cottonwood Creek, not far from his home, where he rode his horse to school every day. He attended Grangeville High School, graduating in 1953.In 1954, Wayne enlisted in the Idaho National Guard and served until 1964.On May 20, 1966, Wayne married Sandra Seckman Heuett.
James ranched on the family ground in Grangeville until his death on May 11, 2023.
∙James Reid of Boise donated his ornate saddle, which he bought from Ray Holes in the late 1970s. It was the second-to-the last saddle made by Holes, Reid told the museum.
“It’s beautiful, with incredible leather work that includes a bugling elk, a horse head, an eagle and more,” Northcutt said.
She added the museum truly appreciates these one-of-a-kind donations.
“Our community will be glad to see these works of art,”  she stated.
The saddles will be on display with the museum’s additional cowboy exhibits and saddles.

Couples artwork to be on display
Husband and wife team Gordon Talley and Rebecca Bailey will have their art on display in the Bicentennial Historical Museum basement July 2-4.
“We'll be displaying various types of visual art that will include representational and abstract works,” Talley explained.
The couple both work in multiple media that include oil pastel, collage, acrylic, and printmaking (etching, monotype, linocut, and woodcut).
Displays will include examples of their broadside collaborations, with Rebecca's poems that are handset with individual type, illustrated with Gordon's linocuts, and printed on a letterpress.
Rebecca is a former university English professor and has been a professional writer for more than 30 years. She studied art history at the graduate level, and has always painted, but has taken it more seriously since retirement. Her primary medium is oil pastels, and she also works extensively in the book arts. She is a native of Appalachian Kentucky, and came to Grangeville with her marriage to Gordon in 2011. She will be displaying oil pastels, collage, and letterpress broadsides.
Gordon has worked as a professional artist nearly all of his life. He came to Grangeville to stay in 2004 and has been active in the local arts community throughout that time. He is also a guitarist and vocalist in the popular Idaho County band “Missing Parts.” Gordon creates in many media, especially oil pastels and printmaking; a variety of his artworks will be on display.

Woods lived by creed of kindness, respect
A local team roping event bears the name of a man synonymous with rodeo and horses in the region: Lee Woods.
The Lee Woods Memorial Team Roping event was established by the Border Days Committee in 2017.
Lee Marshal Woods, 59, died in a horse-related accident Sept. 12, 2016, at his home.
Woods grew up in Grangeville and, with his wife, Annie, started his family in southern Idaho. The family moved to Grangeville in 1998. Woods worked as a pick-up man with Deward Gill’s rodeo stock outfit.Woods’ love of rodeo was something he passed down to his son, Dace, and daughter, Mackie.
He taught his children to rope, and they entered events throughout Idaho.
Daughter Mackie said there was always a special place in her dad’s heart for Border Days.
“Growing up in Grangeville, Border Days was always exciting for him. Then, being able to compete later on riding saddle broncs, working with Gill Rodeos, picking up, and roping in the local team roping with his friends and kids brought him so much joy,” his daughter, Mackenzie “Mackie” Woods Ibarra stated. 
She said having her dad remain involved in this way through the Lee Woods Memorial Team Roping event means a lot to her family.
And the legacy he would have wanted to leave?
“Kindness and respect,” she said. “He treated everyone the same, and that’s something we try to live by now.”