Five diaries, undated. One volume chronicles a trip which Leonardson and her parents, Roy and Iona Hickman Leonardson, residents of Boise, Idaho, took to New England. The other four volumes contain poems and fragments of fiction, as well as...
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...
Camps; Pest control; Conservation and restoration; Agriculture; Insects
Work Project 728 showing dead and alive crickets. Workers from Camp DG-3 completed this pest control project. One rancher doubled his crops in 1936 over 1935 because of the cricket control program.
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...
Known as Goddin's River in the days of the fur trade. This stream originally was named for the trapper who discovered it. Thery Goddin, a prominent Iroquois who explored this river in 1819 or 1820, had come here with Donald Mackenzie's fur hunters...
Near the base of this hill, over 100 cavalry men and volunteers met disaster in the opening battle of the Nez Perce War. Rushing from Grangeville on the evening of June 16, 1877, Captain David Perry planned to stop the Indians from crossing Salmon...
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".
Idaho State Capitol (Boise, Idaho). --Idaho. Legislature. House. --Bieter family. --Mayors--Idaho--Boise. --Bieter, John Patrick (d.1999).
In his interviews with Troy Reeves in July and August 2005, David Bieter, mayor of Boise, offered his memories of the Idaho State Capitol. Bieter spoke of the time period between the 1990s and 2001. In his first interview, Bieter talked about his...
Ada County Courthouse (Boise, Idaho). --Creech, Thomas.
In his March 15, 2005, interview with Arthur Hart, J. Ray Durtschi, an Idaho Judge, offered his memories of the Ada County Courthouse. Durtschi spoke of the time period between 1939-2001 and of the following topics: the Ada County Courthouse; cases...
Idaho State Capitol (Boise, Idaho). --Governors--Idaho. --Restaurants--Idaho--Boise. --American Legion--Idaho.
In their February 15, 2006 interview with Troy Reeves, Joy Brady and her daughter, Ginger Brady-Shingler, offered their stories of the Idaho State Capitol. They discussed the time period from the 1940s to 2006 and addressed the following topics:...
Idaho State Capitol (Boise, Idaho). --Idaho. Legislature. --Newspapers--Idaho--Boise. --Idaho Statesman. --Boise Cascade Corporation. --Politics and government--Idaho.
In his two interviews with Troy Reeves and Andrew Farrar (September and October 2006), Steve Ahrens, a journalist and lobbyist, offered his memories of the Idaho State Capitol between 1975 and 2006. In his second interview, Ahrens discussed further...
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.
