Early Days: Before road signing became more prevalent, the old �Sampson orange markers� along with a Sampson map usually got the motorist to his or her destination. (1916 Model Ford)
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...
Correspondence relating to Brumm and his wife, Sarah; household bills and receipts of the Brumm family; correspondence and financial records of John Alden, son-in-law; and miscellaneous papers concerning the Gem Worker, a Pocatello-based labor...
Fisher, Stanton G., 1840-1915 , Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909. Nez Percé Indians-History. Bannock Indians-History. Shoshoni Indians-History. Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Idaho)-History-Sources. Nez Percé Indian Reservation...
Correspondence (1889-1906); diaries (1875, 1877); autobiography (1888); scrapbook and newspaper clippings (1892-1915), photographs; journals; notebooks; and manuscript, Trail of a Gold Seeker, 1863.
Ross Charles Benjamin. --Cruikshank Sheep Company. --Mountain Home Sheep Company. --Sheep industry-Idaho-Mountain Home-History-Sources. --Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources.
Primarily political, memorial, and commencement speeches of a Boise, Idaho, attorney and chairman of the Idaho Code Commission. Also includes notes, photographs, and memorabilia; newspaper clippings concerning C. Ben Ross; and legal papers relating...