This valley was discovered in 1822 by an expedition of Hudson's Bay Company trappers led by Michel Bourdon. Bourdon had come to the Northwest with David Thompson, who had started the Idaho fur trade in 1808-9. Trappers searched everwhere for...
The Collection contains a history of Emmett and a list of early Emmett pioneers and founders. Also included is Parrish's correspondence with the Idaho Historical Society and state and national government representatives, and personal momentos.
Chinese Americans-Idaho-Shoshone County-History-Sources. Mining corporations-Idaho-History-Sources. Mines and mineral resources-Idaho-History-Sources. Strikes and lockouts-Miners-Idaho-Mullen-History-Sources. Strikes and...
Personal and business correspondence; and other papers, including material relating to the execution of several Chinese in Shoshone County in 1885 and papers concerning labor disturbances in Mullan and Gem, Idaho.
Oregon Trail from the Missouri River to the Pacific Northwest with the principal connections, the forts along the line, and the territorial divisions of 1852.
Journalists-Idaho-Boise-Records and correspondence. --Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources. --Hells Canyon Dam (Idaho and Or.)
Newspaper clippings of Corlett's Idaho Statesman column, "Politically Speaking" (1961-1971), and material regarding the proposed Hells Canyon Dam in relation to Pacific Northwest water resource development (1949-1967).
ncludes a resume of Walter Lockwood's career; publications of the Idaho State Library and a northwest library association; and information about school libraries.
Material relating to the fur trade era of the Pacific Northwest, particularly to Francois Payette. Largely copies from the Spokane House journal, Peter Skene Ogden's Snake Country journals, and the journals of John McLoughlin, John Work, Nathaniel...
Material consists of correspondence with Idaho State Historical Society officials Gertrude McDevitt, H. J. Sweeney and Merle Wells from 1932-1959 regarding Idaho territorial history, Pacific Northwest fur trade routes. The correspondence includes...