Founded late in the fall before the big rush to Thunder Mountain in the beginning of 1902, Roosevelt soon became the leading camp in the new mining district. Thousands of men, having heard that Thunder Mountain was destined to be the biggest gold...
Legislation; Militias; Military organizations; State government;
"The militia of the State of Idaho shall consist of all able bodied male persons residents of the State between the ages of eighteen and forty-five..."
Standing behind two 16-bar pallets of silver bars especially cast for the Idaho Historical Society are (l to r) Chas. E. Schwab, president; A.Y. Bethune, manager of metallurgy; and J.M. Haivala, general manager, all of the Bunker Hill Company,...
"All dead tired the day after the ball." Standing, l. to R.: Mrs. Mary Noble, Mrs. Anna Sonna Smalley (?). Seated, l. to R.: Maude Horrie Northrop, Mrs. Purington, Mrs. M. Horrie Lyon. On floor: Harriet F. Harris.
Head of the navigation Coeur d'Alene River.The Northern Pacific steamer ""Georgia Oakes"" in dock at head of navigation on the Coeur d'Alene River near the location of the ""old mission."" The dock being constructed from the hull of the older...
Front row left to right: unknown, unknown, Henry Singer (Idaho Power Co.), C. W. Gamble (Boise Payette), James Bradley, Mrs. Opal Sarcent, Mrs. Bobby Corbett (all of Bradley Mining Co.), J. Lynn Driscoll (First Security), C. C. Anderson, John J....
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...
Roads-Design and construction-Idaho-History-Sources. --Roads-Design and construction-Idaho-Photographs. --Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation (Idaho) --Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Idaho)
Records relating to highway construction in Idaho. Includes project history notebooks, maps, traffic reports, information on Coeur d'Alene and Shoshone reservation roads, and approximately ten feet of photographs showing highway construction in all...
Miners working near ore bins for new sorting plant at the Morning Mine near Mullan in Shoshone County, Idaho. Note all the various supplies and mining and milling equipment.
"Placer Mining Wheel" at Salmon River Point, about one mile above the mouth of the Little Salmon River. This appeared in the U.S. Government Hydrographic Report and received special mention above all others by Mr. Newell, chief of that survey.
"Placer Mining Wheel" at Salmon River Point, about 1 mile above the mouth of the Little Salmon River. This appeared in the U.S. Government Hydrographic Report and received special mention above all others by Mr. Newell, chief of that survey.
Papers include biographical information, correspondence, legal papers, and photographs. All pertain to extended Windle family which includes Coates, Osborn, Mickelsen, Wilcox, and Youtsler.
