Miners in the hoist room at a mine (probably the Checkmate) in the Pearl Mining District, Gem County, ID, Lower left man identified as L.S. Gerlough, later a Rhodes Scholar. Identified by T.D. Gerlough (now of San Francisco) of Squibb & County,...
Miners standing near the headframe at a mine near Pearl, Gem County, ID, ca. 1899. Note the miners candlesticks and candles in some of the miners hands. Candles were used for lighting underground before the invention of the carbide light.
Correspondence relating to Brumm and his wife, Sarah; household bills and receipts of the Brumm family; correspondence and financial records of John Alden, son-in-law; and miscellaneous papers concerning the Gem Worker, a Pocatello-based labor...
Sacagawea, 1787-1884. Western state names of Indian origin: Idaho Gem of the Mountains. Shoshoni contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Notes on Old Fort Lemhi. Arapaho massacre told in petroglyphs. Shoshoni Indians-History. Indians of...
Correspondence and notes relating to Idaho's Native American history; manuscript copies of "Western State Names of Indian Origin: Idaho Gem of the Mountains," "The Shoshoni Contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition," "Notes on Old Fort Lemhi,"...
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...
The Black Canyon Dam was constructed on the Payette in 1924 not as a storage facility, but to divert water into the Emmett and Black Canyon Canals, which vastly increased the irrigated acreage in Gem County and the Emmett Valley. This photograph...
Miners outside the mill buildings at the Check Mate Mine near Pearl, Idaho circa 1903. Left to right: 1-5 unknown; 6 Rush Van Horton; 7 Fred Turner; 8-11 unknown; 12 Charlie Charlton; 13 Jim Roarabou
Lincoln Mine, Pearl, Idaho, ca. 1909. Back row, L-R: 1 Neil Macaskill; 2 Thomas Ryan; 3-4 unknown; 5 Fred Turner, foreman; 6 unknown;7 Charlie Charlton; 8 Big Dan Macaskill; 9 unknown; 10 John Pushman; 11 unknown; 12 George Franklin; 13-14...
Statehood; Newspapers; Newspaper headlines; State seals;
This is a picture of the April, 1890 Idaho Statesmen headline celebrating Idaho's becoming the 44th state in the Union. The title, "The Gem of the Mountains", is over a seal depicting a bald eagle with the banner "Statehood for Idaho".
Reminiscences of farm and ranch life in early Idaho, collected by the Idaho Bicentennial Commission as a local documenation program. Includes descriptions of life in Valley, Owyhee, Power, Lemhi, Bonneville, Bonner, Gem, Elmore and Nez Perce...
Chinese Americans-Idaho-Shoshone County-History-Sources. Mining corporations-Idaho-History-Sources. Mines and mineral resources-Idaho-History-Sources. Strikes and lockouts-Miners-Idaho-Mullen-History-Sources. Strikes and...
Personal and business correspondence; and other papers, including material relating to the execution of several Chinese in Shoshone County in 1885 and papers concerning labor disturbances in Mullan and Gem, Idaho.
Riggs, Henry Chidles, 1826-1909. --Occidental Life Insurance Company (Idaho) --Postal service-Idaho-Emmett-History-Sources. --Insurance companies-Idaho-Emmett-History-Sources. --Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources.
Correspondence relating to his term as postmaster of Emmett, Idaho, and as an agent for Occidental Life Insurance Company (formerly Idaho State Life); clipping file relating to his family, particularly Henry Chiles Riggs, and their pioneer...
The Collection contains a history of Emmett and a list of early Emmett pioneers and founders. Also included is Parrish's correspondence with the Idaho Historical Society and state and national government representatives, and personal momentos.
Account book (1918-1919); cash books (1920-1921); and general ledgers (1922-1930). These records are for the Orpheum Theater, Rialto Theater, Gem Theater, and the New Orpheum theater, all located in Twin Falls.
