The old Boise Trail passed between the two points marked ""X"". Hells Canyon is behind or west of this mountain. A little to the north and east is ""Dry Diggings"" where much gold was found and ""picked up"" as there was no water for the usual type...
From 5th Street looking weStreet Visible at left are Sutler's Store and George Washington Stiles and Co. Blacksmiths. At right are the Wells Fargo Office, the brewery, a blacksmith's shop, the stage house and the city bakery sign.
The fir tree in the middle of the street near the flagpole is the one on which several Chinese were hanged until near death and until they confessed which one killed Frasier. The guilty were later hanged.
