Miner John J. McBride was convicted of rape in Owyhee County. This inmate record contains correspondence, court documents, photographs, and a description of the convict.
Miner James S. Clark was convicted in Ada County, Idaho, for posting an obscene letter and sentenced to 18 months in the state penitentiary. This file contains a description of the prisoner.
Miner Alva Fields was convicted in a US District Court for selling liquor to Indians in Northern Idaho and sentenced in 1905 to a year in prison. His file contains photographs, court records, and a physical description of the convict.
Inmate record of miner O.M. Osgood, convicted of robbery in Kootenai County, Idaho, in 1908. The record contains photographs, court records, parole documents and a physical description of the prisoner.
In Octoberl of 1904, miner Rudolph "Bob" Wetter, was convicted of first degree murder in Idaho County, Idaho, and sentenced to hang. His sentence was soon commuted to life in prison through the efforts of many in the community where he lived. This...
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A first person account of two daughters being raised in Idaho City from 1930 - 1943. They moved to Spanish Creek area in 1934 and wintered in Caldwell. The father was a gold miner. Describes his activities sluicing and panning gold. Describes their...
The quarterly report listing county patients received at the Miners Hospital durring the quarter ending April 14, 1884. The report gives the person's name, diagnosis, result, days in hospital, cost, and remarks. Fractures, lead poisoning,...
Bucketline, bucket ladder and front gantry of close connected bucketline dredge operated near Idaho City, Idaho. Note the size of the dredge buckets is comparison to the man in the foreground. The 15 cubic foot dredge was owned and operated...
Open connected bucketline "Risdon" type dredge operated at Warm Springs near Idaho City, Idaho August 1899. The steam powered dredge was one of the first dredges operated successfully in the Boise Basin.
The February 10, 1894 issue of the Coeur d'Alene Miner from Wallace, Idaho. "Official paper of Shoshone County. Devoted to the mining interests of the Coeur d'Alenes."