Bayview Historical Society
BAYVIEW, ID
dedicated to preserving the history of Bayview, Lakeview and other locations on Lake Pend Oreille
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dedicated to preserving the history of Bayview, Lakeview and other locations on Lake Pend Oreille
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Jim and Mary Feely Jim was born in Iowa in 1876 and moved west in 1882, settling on the Rathdrum
prairie. After retiring from farming the couple came to Bayview in the early
1930s, buying their first float home on the Gasman docks. They moved the home
to the north a bit when they purchased a series of docks near the Washington
Brick and Lime Company which became known as Feely's Resort. They bought
adjacent land from the Ammons who had moved into the Joseph Spear home (See
Bayview History) and developed the Feely Subdivision. Most of those lots went
to the 12 Feely children. Jim and Mary loved to run the resort. Mary was well-known for her garden
which she crafted on the dock. Jim enjoyed fishing and telling stories. They
owned two different boats - the Nipagon (below) and the
The picture on the left is a copy of a painting by artist and Bayview resident Hattie Bloomberg. She loved to paint on the hillside above Scenic Bay and made this composition of the Feely's float home with Mary in back and Jim near the front door.
(Note from Linda: A grandson and his wife, Chuck and Gail Waller, have retired in Bayview on one of the family lots. In the 1990s the couple donated land in memory of Chuck's father and uncle for the newly designed Bayview Community Center and later gave an additional lot for the Center's Park and Memorial Garden.) |
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