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...
Woman identified as Mrs. E.A. (Rose) Bowen arranging her hair in her bedroom. Her back is to the photographer, but her reflection in the mirror also provides a frontal view. The furniture is draped with linens and lined with photographs, crystal...
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...
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...
Trade Dollar Mine at Dewey in Owyhee County, Idaho. Crews from both the day and night shifts are outside the Blaine Tunnel. Photo taken May 1900. "Big Bill Haywood" in front row, fourth from right. Elisha Lewis of Silver City and Boise identifies...
Legal documents, bills of sale, claims, and notices concerning mining operations at Churchill's Bar, Gold Hill, Dry Gulch, Elk Creek and Grey Back Gulch in the Boise Basin mining district, Idaho Territory.
Mining; Gold mining; Gold; Indian reservations; Indigenous peoples; Prospecting; Miners
Part of the reference series from the Idaho State Historical Society about E. D. Pierce (1824-1897) and his prospecting. Instead of searching for gold in country that was reasonably accessible, he became obsessed with the opening of a new mining...
Founded late in the fall before the big rush to Thunder Mountain in the beginning of 1902, Roosevelt soon became the leading camp in the new mining district. Thousands of men, having heard that Thunder Mountain was destined to be the biggest gold...
Trade Dollar Mill building and mine dump at Dewey, Idaho as they appeared in 1929 when they were purchased for $1,000 in back taxes by Jim Daly of Nampa, Idaho.
Wells Fargo (Snow) Taken winter of 1867 to 1873!!! Office not the same as 77-19-2. Two houses in back ground of blizzard indicates office located in Granite Block. In 1869 Photography Shop still at earlier location but not Wells Fargo. by 1873 it...
Panoramic view of Dewey, Idaho. The Trade Dollar Mine on hillside in the back ground. Houses, sheds, barns, and livestock line both sides of the stream.
Pocatello District Champion basketball team from Company 5489, Camp Paul Rupert, Idaho. Left to right front row: Price, Brack, R. Jenkins, Morris, Kaminski. Back row: C. Jenkins (manager), O.D.N., Kerry, Pettis, Virgil A. Enke (coach).
