Miner Alva Fields was convicted in a US District Court for selling liquor to Indians in Northern Idaho and sentenced in 1905 to a year in prison. His file contains photographs, court records, and a physical description of the convict.
Mining; Gold mining; Gold; Indian reservations; Indigenous peoples; Prospecting; Miners
Part of the reference series from the Idaho State Historical Society about E. D. Pierce (1824-1897) and his prospecting. Instead of searching for gold in country that was reasonably accessible, he became obsessed with the opening of a new mining...
Camps; Camping; Indian encampments; Indian reservations; Tipis;
Two boys sit by a creek in the foreground. Indian tipis are located in the background. A large group of people are gathered under a pavilion covered with tree branches in the middle distance.
