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...
This drawing was created by Charles Ostner. He created the gold gilded George Washington statue that is now in the Idaho Statehouse. It was presented to Idaho Territory on January 8 1869 and dedicated to the Pioneers of Idaho. This is a copy of Mr....
Dedication of Memorial, Hope, Idaho. This commemorates this coming of the first white man to Lake Pend D'Oreille, David Thompson, Explorer, Geographer and Fur Trader, September 8, 1809.
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...
Portal of tunnel at the Rescue Mine near Warren in Idaho County, Idaho.This photo shows twelve miners and one dog posed at the mine entrance. Notice the variety of work clothing and hats. Mine timbers for shoring up the underground workings lie in...
Volume V, No. 15 of the Coeur d'Alene Miner published in Wallace, Idaho. This issue writes about a speech made by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican County Convention.