In her January 2001 interview with Holly Slaughter, Sue Wayne Henderson offers her memories of the 1920s and 1930s during the Great Depression. Henderson grew up and lived in Oklahoma during these years and she talked about farm and ranch ,ife as...
In his January 2001 interview with Nathan Young, Lillie Dell Cervant offers her memories of the Great Depression. Cervant discussed the time period spanning the 1930s and spoke about the following topics: Twin Falls, Idaho; Hailey, Idaho; the...
In his January 2001 interview with Randi Dunivant, David D. Baird offers his memories of the Great Depression. Baird lived in eastern Colorado in the 1930s and spoke about his life during that decade and into the early 1940s. This interview was...
In her January 2001 interview with Erin Norton, Dorothy Marble offered her memories of the 1920s and 1930s during the Great Depression. This brief recording went into little detail about Marble's life or the time period. This interview was...
In this January 2001 interview with Chris Stocking, Elmer Nielsen offers his memories of the Great Depression. Baird lived in Utah (Salt Lake City and near Pleasant Grove, Utah) and spoke about his life in the 1920s and 1930s. This interview was...
In her January 2001 interview with Cassie Southland, Emerson and Patricia Smock offer their memories of the 1920s and 1930s during the Great Depression. This brief recording went into little detail about either person's life or the time period. ...
Taken the summer or fall of 1867 or 1868. Poorman Mine discovered in fall of 1865 on War Eagle Mountain. However the mine was in litigation during fall and winter of 1865-66. Not a great deal accomplished summer of 1866. From the size of the dump...
Blueprint. Inset: Map showing routes to Thunder Mountain. Scale [1:1,647,360]. "Thunder Mountain gold fields are reached only via Boise, Ketchum, Mackay, Red Rock or Weiser, all good outfitting points on the Oregon Short Line R.R."
Ball mill at the Bradley Mine mill at Stibnite in Valley County, Idaho circa 1940. This photo gives a close up view of the ball mills which are used to crush ore. The opening and trough where crushed ore exits the mill is clearly shown in the...
Letter written to a friend from Bolton, Idaho describes family, and life in a mining town. Describes dancing, skating, parties, sleighing and snow in Deer Creek area. Describes the process of buying stock in the mining company and says to, "help a...
Politicians; Political elections; Political campaigns; Horses; Dwellings; Architectural elements; Architecture;
A great example of political advertising methods displayed in front of a Victorian mansion. "We're a western state. Let's live, look, and act western".
A great photo of a very busy sidewalk as Movie goers line up for the feature, "Return to Payton Place", at the Boise Theater. Dozens of neon signs crowd the buildings lining this section of the street.
Mining camps; Wooden buildings; Building deterioration; Westward movement; Ghost towns;
A great view of heavily weathered buildings in Silver City, Idaho. Most are old two story structures. this is a very picturesque view with seven buildings set in heavy brush.