The Idaho Capitol, Boise, 1886. From 'Marvels of the New West' by William M. Thayer. p. 348. Published 1887. Central School, left, 1881. Ada County Courthouse, right, 1882. See file folder for copy of engraving.
schools; schoolhouses; group portraits; students; teachers
Star School, 1900. Ella Breshears Reed, teacher, later Supit. of Schools, Gem County. Left to right, 1st row: Wallace McDowell, Bert Niccolls, Fred Fouch, Hugh Fouch, Walter Graham, Unidentified . 2nd row: Ed McDowell, Jim Niccolls, Walter...
Man in center, wearing vest, and white shirt, is John McNish. He was an Emmett pioneer of the 1880's. An Idaho Statesman article, dated February 3rd, 1957 states that "the picture was taken at the Gold Hill mine in Quartzburg in 1885. While these...