Time capsules-Idaho-Boise. --Boise (Idaho)-History-Sources.
Contents of an 1894 cornerstone at the old Idaho Soldiers' Home. Includes newspapers, photographs, subscription list for the Soldiers' Home, speeches, miscellaneous publications and memorabilia.
Statehood; Newspapers; Newspaper headlines; State seals;
This is a picture of the April, 1890 Idaho Statesmen headline celebrating Idaho's becoming the 44th state in the Union. The title, "The Gem of the Mountains", is over a seal depicting a bald eagle with the banner "Statehood for Idaho".
Newspapers from the Roosevelt and Thunder Mountain area tells interesting stories, and describes area businesses that were later destroyed by the mudslide and flood. First page describes "The Golden Goal" of a miner which was to proceed at all...
Volume V, No. 15 of the Coeur d'Alene Miner published in Wallace, Idaho. This issue writes about a speech made by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican County Convention.