John David Rogge Sr. was born July 14, 1920, in Payette, Idaho. While helping Morrison Knudson to build an airbase on Wake Island, he, along with many others, was captured by the Japanese in 1941. The correspondence in the collection is mainly to...
Idaho Territorial Government, Idaho Territory Governors, William Wallace, First Territorial Governor, Early Idaho Politics
Lists materials of or related to the political and gubernatorial careers of Idaho Territory Governors William Wallace, John Neil, Mayson Brayman, Caleb Lyon, David Ballard, Tom Bennett, and David Thomas
In his two interviews with Anabelle Alexander, conducted June 20, 1975 and July 1, 1975, Willis Brassey remembers his life in Idaho. Brassey spoke of the time period between the 1870s and 1940s where he mined in Quartzburg, ran a stage, hauled ore...
In Octoberl of 1904, miner Rudolph "Bob" Wetter, was convicted of first degree murder in Idaho County, Idaho, and sentenced to hang. His sentence was soon commuted to life in prison through the efforts of many in the community where he lived. This...
Mining; Prospecting; Forms (Documents); Meetings; Ore industry;
Collection of documents, letters and assessments, pertaining to Triumph Mining Company. These documents cover the different mining claims owned by the Triumph mine and discusses the differences between the mine with the same name from the 1880s.
Mining; Frontier & pioneer life; City & town life;
Quartzburg Hotel & boarding house, owned by Mr. & Mrs. Dan Carrol of Quartzburg. From the Sigler Collection "copied for Mrs. Geo. McDonough." See second page for key of names in photo. Identification by Mrs. W. C. Brassey of Boise, October 1965.
In his interview with Nona Dobberpfuhl on October 27, 1969, Hurbert Butler spoke of his experiences with mining in Idaho. Butler discussed the time period between the 1890's and the 1960's and the following topics: gold mines and mining around...
In her interview on May 6, 1970, Mina LaMonte 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 sick by working mines,...
In her interview conducted on July 23, 1981 by Kris Major, 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 cabin with the rest of the mining...
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...
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...
Washington (State)-Politics and government-History-Sources. --Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources.
Letters (1861-1863) relate to activities in the Puget Sound region of Washington Territory, for which Wallace served as a delegate in the U.S. Congress. Letters (1864-1865), written during Wallace's term as territorial delegate from Idaho, concern...
Lawyers-Idaho-Boise-Records and correspondence. --Liquor laws-Idaho-History-Sources.
Miscellaneous legal papers including the Idaho Construction and Building Company's articles of incorporation; indentures and agreements; Supreme Court briefs and transcripts of appeal; two scrapbooks (1940s) concerning the controversy over liquor...
Dick, Henry P. --Pocatello (Idaho)-Commerce-History-Sources. --Boise (Idaho)-Commerce-History-Sources.
Bank statements and account books for the Second Avenue Junk Company, Pocatello, Idaho; bank statements of Reeves Wholesale Company, Boise, Idaho; census marshal's reports for Ada County (Idaho) School District No. 12 (1938-1945); and cards and...
Correspondence between McDonald, his step-sister Mrs. Alis T. Wrench of New York, and their respective lawyers, Procter K. Perkins and Harrison P. Lindaburg, regarding the settlement of the estate of James McDonald, Sr. who was the foreign...
Potlatch Forests, Inc. --Clearwater Timber Company. --Edward Rutledge Timber Company. --Forests and forestry-Idaho-History-Sources. --Forests and forestry-Montana-History-Sources.
Newspaper clippings, articles, and personal papers relating to Billings' work with the U.S. Forest Service in Idaho and Montana and with Edward Rutledge Timber Co., Clearwater Timber Co., and Potlatch Forests, Inc.
