Ferries were popular in the old days. This one over the Snake River near Thousand Springs near Twin Falls, Idaho is transporting a horse and rider and an automobile.
A great portrait of a "neighborhood camping party". Four wagons and horse teams are parked behind the group of men and women. Camp stoves, tables, and tents are in the foreground. All the people are dressed in outdoor clothing.
Surveyors' camp for the North Side canal project, 1909. Horses and wagons fill the foreground. A group of men stand near tents, structures, equipment, and supplies in the background.
Canals; Irrigation; Irrigation canals & flumes; Construction equipment; Construction industry; Carts & wagons; Horse teams; Horses; Labor supply; Laborers;
Boise irrigation project constructing the New York Canal. This view shows horse teams bringing concrete to the site. Workmen are filling and leveling the poured cement.
Hauling tumbler for Estabrook dredge, 1911. Taken above Clauson toll gate in Rocky Canyon above Boise. 20 horses! Jerk-line skinner is Oscar Baumgartner (sp.3).