The Black Canyon Dam was constructed on the Payette in 1924 not as a storage facility, but to divert water into the Emmett and Black Canyon Canals, which vastly increased the irrigated acreage in Gem County and the Emmett Valley. This photograph...
Panoramic view showing the headframe and main buildings at the Triumph mine near Hailey, Idaho in 1938. Automobiles and a pickup truck are shown in the yard.