"This is thought to be the only complete and accurate account ever written on this particular war. It was written at the request of Governor Ballard by John R. McBride, then Chief Justice of Idaho Territorial Supreme Court. (from court records...
mining; education; families; gold; history; livestock; country life; dogs;
A first person account of two daughters being raised in Idaho City from 1930 - 1943. They moved to Spanish Creek area in 1934 and wintered in Caldwell. The father was a gold miner. Describes his activities sluicing and panning gold. Describes their...
Booklet describing the history of the Thunder Mountain gold rush in Valley County in central Idaho around 1900. The booklet contains numerous historic photographs.
Star Mining Company-Trials, litigation, etc. --Federal Mining and Smelting Company-Trials, litigation, etc. --Mines and mineral resources-Idaho-Mullan-History-Sources. --Mullan (Idaho)-History.
Compiled exhibits and data relating to Star Mining Company vs. The Federal Mining and Smelting Company.
Idaho State Penitentiary (Boise)-History. --Time capsules-Idaho-Boise. --Boise (Idaho)-History-Sources.
Contents of an 1870 cornerstone from a cellhouse building at the Idaho Territorial Penitentiary. Includes correspondence, lists of fraternal lodge members, various almanacs and newspapers, coins, seals and other memorabilia.
Wells, Merle W. --Caldwell, Harry H. --United States. Bureau of Reclamation.-Idaho. --Boise Project (Idaho)
Copies of annual reports, operation and maintenance reports, project files from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and related files pertaining to the Boise Reclamation Project. Assembled by Idaho State Historical Society staff for a study prepared by...
Sacagawea, 1787-1884. Western state names of Indian origin: Idaho Gem of the Mountains. Shoshoni contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Notes on Old Fort Lemhi. Arapaho massacre told in petroglyphs. Shoshoni Indians-History. Indians of...
Correspondence and notes relating to Idaho's Native American history; manuscript copies of "Western State Names of Indian Origin: Idaho Gem of the Mountains," "The Shoshoni Contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition," "Notes on Old Fort Lemhi,"...
Idaho. State Council of Defense. --Lawyers-Idaho-Boise-Records and correspondence. --Idaho-Biography-Sources. --Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources.
Correspondence, legal briefs, and miscellaneous records relating to Johnson's work on the Idaho State Council of Defense, and clippings regarding Idaho territorial history, prominent Idahoans, and Idaho politics.
Lugenbeel, Pinkney, 1819-1886. --United States. Army.-Military life-History-19th century. --Nez Percé Indians-Wars, 1877. --Indians of North America-Wars-1815-1875. --Mexican War, 1846-1848. --Fort Wayne (Ind.)-History-Sources. --Fort Boise...
Correspondence, offical reports and special orders relating to Major Lugenbeel's military career which included service during the war with Mexico, establishment of Fort Boise, Idaho, in 1863 and duty as commandant at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Also...
Frontier and pioneer life-Idaho-Parma. --General stores-Idaho-Parma-History-Sources. --Parma (Idaho)-History-Sources. --Fort Boise (Idaho)-History-Sources. --Boise River Valley (Idaho)-History-Sources.
Diary (Sept. 1887-June 1888), recording business and recreational activities of Fouch as store manager in Parma, Idaho; addresses commemorating Old Fort Boise monument (1927); correspondence concerning the early history of the Boise Valley.
Excerpt from an interview with Clint Whitney conducted September 17, 2003 with James Besleme, where Clint Whitney detailed his two-year employment as a laborer on the White Knob Mine Hill in Mackay, Idaho from 1929 through 1930. Whitney discussed...
Excerpt from interview with Dorothy McKenzie conducted on July 23, 1981 by Kris Major, where Dorothy McKenzie describes how she came to the Yankee Fork area in 1940. She first stayed in a campground, Flat Rock Campground, and later lived in a log...
Excerpt from interview with Mina S. LaMonte on May 6, 1970, where she spoke of her time in Idaho. LaMonte discussed the time period from the 1880s to about the 1920s. She spoke about how she took care of her children while her first husband was...
