The Black Canyon Dam was constructed on the Payette in 1924 not as a storage facility, but to divert water into the Emmett and Black Canyon Canals, which vastly increased the irrigated acreage in Gem County and the Emmett Valley. This photograph...
Reception at the Capitol for the opening of the Traveling Library in June 1899. The photograph features the Educational Committee of the Columbian Club, who were the founders of the Traveling Library.
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...
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...
Miners in the hoist room at a mine (probably the Checkmate) in the Pearl Mining District, Gem County, ID, Lower left man identified as L.S. Gerlough, later a Rhodes Scholar. Identified by T.D. Gerlough (now of San Francisco) of Squibb & County,...
Photograph of the Cumberland Mine and mill located on the Orofino Vein System on War Eagle Mountain in Owyhee County near Silver City. Mines on War Eagle produced silver between 1863 and 1875.
Three miners posed at mine portal standing by ore car. (Photograph slightly out of focus). The mine is located on the side of a mountain. A ore car is visible in front of the adit. Men are wearing hats, vests, and buttoned shirts.
Pittenger family. --Idaho. Army National Guard. 2nd Idaho Infantry. --United States. Army.-History-Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916-Photographs. --Physicians-Idaho-Boise-History-Sources. --Payette Lake Region (Idaho)-Photographs. --Boise...
Scrapbooks, photograph albums, and memorabilia of the Pittenger family of Boise, Idaho. Included are photographs of the 2nd Idaho Infantry at Nogales and Bisbee, Arizona (1916); Idaho scenes, especially the Payette Lake region; Fort Riley, Kansas...
copies (museum) pioneer pictures for 50 year Special Edition, 4/18/1940. Photograph showing and naming the members of the First State Legislature of Idaho.