This is the field promotion for Patrick Collins signed by Abraham Lincoln on February 21, 1862. Patrick Collins was born March 17, 1833 in Ireland and immigrated to the United States as a young man. He enlisted in the army in 1855. He served in the...
Two miners working underground. Light is provided by carbide lamps attached to the miners hats. Miner in foreground is operating a column mounted drill.
Photograph of the Cumberland Mine and mill located on the Orofino Vein System on War Eagle Mountain in Owyhee County near Silver City. Mines on War Eagle produced silver between 1863 and 1875.
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Photograph of writing on a rock found on west side of Raft River, a mile south of the junction of the Old Oregon Trail and the California Cut-Off known as the Yale Diversion. Writing was done with axle grease and shows names with date.
Spalding Monument, Spalding, Idaho. Spalding Unit, Nez Perce National Historical Park. In memoriam Rev. Henry Harmon Spalding (1803-1874) and his wife Eliza Hart Spalding (1808-1851) pioneers, missionaries, founders of Industry, Education,...
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...
