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...
Man in center, wearing vest, and white shirt, is John McNish. He was an Emmett pioneer of the 1880's. An Idaho Statesman article, dated February 3rd, 1957 states that "the picture was taken at the Gold Hill mine in Quartzburg in 1885. While these...
Man in center, vest & white shirt, is John McNish, Emmett pioneer of 1880s. An article in the February 3, 1957 Idaho Statesman indicated the photo was taken at the Gold Hill and Iowa Mine at Quartzburg in 1885. While these men came from all...
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.
left to right: unknown; unknown; Mrs. Ann (Daly) Morrison; Mr. Daly (father of Ann); Mrs. Daly (mother of Ann); Ann (Daly) Morrison's sister is sitting on Mr. Daly's lap.
Winter scene of snow covered mill buildings at the Belshazzar Mine near Quartzburg, Boise, County, Idaho. The mill building was erected on a mountainside covered with timber.
