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Kuna, ID – 1940sPictured here, the Kuna Train Depot with a 4-6-6-4 Union Pacific locomotive #3921 out front.Today, the ...
01/14/2025

Kuna, ID – 1940s

Pictured here, the Kuna Train Depot with a 4-6-6-4 Union Pacific locomotive #3921 out front.

Today, the depot is gone, and all that is left is a concrete slab between the tracks and Indian Creek. The depot was located right at the Swan Falls Road crossing.

📷📝: Skip Myers/Idaho History 1800 to Present

Mullan, ID – 1895Mullan, Idaho was established in the 1880s in what was ultimately the nation’s richest silver producing...
01/13/2025

Mullan, ID – 1895

Mullan, Idaho was established in the 1880s in what was ultimately the nation’s richest silver producing region. Almost a century and a half later, silver is still being mined here.

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#1895

The Savannah Sparrow and the Fargo Goldfinch themselves swooped by the Attic last night for a proper recording session, ...
01/09/2025

The Savannah Sparrow and the Fargo Goldfinch themselves swooped by the Attic last night for a proper recording session, including a hot banjo ripper for an upcoming project.

Emmett, ID – 1890-1907Pictured here, the old stagecoach—in operation between Emmett and Van Wyck (near Cascade). It was ...
01/09/2025

Emmett, ID – 1890-1907

Pictured here, the old stagecoach—in operation between Emmett and Van Wyck (near Cascade). It was the only means of communication between the lower valley and Long Valley and the Thunder Mountain district.

The stage, operated by John F. Hall, left Emmett every morning on the arrival of the mail from Nampa and, with frequent relays of horses, made the trip to Van Wyck in 18 hours. The driver is Ed Ingman with J. R. Hughes on the seat beside him. George Flake is on the top of the coach.

📷: McConnell Collection

Idaho City, ID – 1884Following the 1871 fire, the Jenny Lind Theatre was converted to a school. There are historical pho...
01/07/2025

Idaho City, ID – 1884

Following the 1871 fire, the Jenny Lind Theatre was converted to a school. There are historical photos of this theatre/turned school. It stood on the same location as the still standing “old” Idaho City school house.

Here is that second photo of the Idaho City school/Jenny Lind Theatre. Photo by Martin Hazeltine, 1884.

According to the memoirs of Robert Davis, the school preserved the Jenny Lind stage, and it was used by kids. There are a couple of really interesting things in this photo if you know what you are looking at. Three of Loke Kees sons are sitting on the porch railing apparently trying to be inconspicuous, and to the right of them, directly in front of the porch post is Amelia Jones.

Behind her with his arm wrapped around the post is Fred Garrecht, Amelia’s future spouse. The Jones family were friends of clan Loke Kee and after the family returned to China in 1905 it was Amelia who preserved forty years of correspondence with the family.

📷: Idaho City Historical Foundation
📝: Skip Myers/Idaho History 1800 to Present

#1884

Dewey, ID – 1896Pictured here, the town of Dewey was established at the location of the former town of Boonville, which ...
01/02/2025

Dewey, ID – 1896

Pictured here, the town of Dewey was established at the location of the former town of Boonville, which was the first permanent settlement in the Owyhee Mountains. When the Jordan Party discovered gold in the area in spring of 1863, they formed a temporary settlement called Happy Camp, where they organized the first mining district. By fall of that year a more permanent settlement had formed, which they named Boonville.

Early mining in the Silver City area was primarily focused on high-grade quartz deposits. Large quantities of lower grade ore were known to exist, but improved technology and increased levels of development and capital were needed to mine it.

W.H. Dewey had been working his Black Jack Mine intermittently since 1878, and by the mid 1890s, as the superintendent of the Florida Mountain Mining Company, he was ready to make significant new investments in mining infrastructure. He purchased the Boonville townsite to serve as a milling center, and established the town of Dewey.

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#1896

Salmon River, ID – 1939Pictured here, the “end of the line” for the Salmon River road, presumably at Corn Creek. That mi...
12/31/2024

Salmon River, ID – 1939

Pictured here, the “end of the line” for the Salmon River road, presumably at Corn Creek. That might be a wrongful guess on my part.

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#1939

Idaho Prospectors – Unknown Year📷: New York Public Library Digital Collections
12/30/2024

Idaho Prospectors – Unknown Year

📷: New York Public Library Digital Collections

Copper Chief Mine – 1916Pictured here, miners Oscar Olson, Lou Hilyard, and Knute Olson, lighting fuses inside the Coppe...
12/27/2024

Copper Chief Mine – 1916

Pictured here, miners Oscar Olson, Lou Hilyard, and Knute Olson, lighting fuses inside the Copper Chief Mine. Dated 1916.

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#1916

Come send off the year that was 2024 down at this Thursday night 🍻 Featuring good old fashioned Idaho mountain music by...
12/24/2024

Come send off the year that was 2024 down at this Thursday night 🍻 Featuring good old fashioned Idaho mountain music by . Music goes 6:30-8:30. Tip yer bartenders.

Gold Fork Fire Lookout – Late 1910sEstablished in the late 1910s with a 6x6’ log platform atop a rock 1.5 miles east at ...
12/16/2024

Gold Fork Fire Lookout – Late 1910s

Established in the late 1910s with a 6x6’ log platform atop a rock 1.5 miles east at 8165’ and a log cabin in a meadow 1 mile southwest, an L-4 cab was constructed in 1933. It was moved to 2 miles east of Cascade for private use in 1988.

📝: Firelookout.com

Clearwater River – 1931Pictured here, crews pull a locomotive out of the Clearwater River.📷: Hal Riegger Papers () ...
12/14/2024

Clearwater River – 1931

Pictured here, crews pull a locomotive out of the Clearwater River.

📷: Hal Riegger Papers ()

#1931

Avery, ID – 1911📷: Patricia Stonerigio/Abandoned Rails #1911
12/13/2024

Avery, ID – 1911

📷: Patricia Stonerigio/Abandoned Rails

#1911

The Attic had a special guest last night 🎶 Jonah Svihus () making his Trapper’s Attic Records debut on a new project. ...
12/12/2024

The Attic had a special guest last night 🎶 Jonah Svihus () making his Trapper’s Attic Records debut on a new project.

Idaho Southern Railroad – 1910sThe Idaho Southern Railroad (also known as the Milner and North Side Railroad) joined the...
12/11/2024

Idaho Southern Railroad – 1910s

The Idaho Southern Railroad (also known as the Milner and North Side Railroad) joined the Oregon Shortline Railroad in Gooding and traveled south through Wendell and on to Jerome. The railroad was funded and constructed privately and was never purchased or operated by the Oregon Shortline.

This railroad was constructed in 1909 and closed in 1916. In June of 1916 a federal boiler inspector condemned the only steam engine on the railroad. The road consisted of one locomotive, one passenger car and several freight cars.
When the Idaho Southern stopped running in 1916, the rails were not removed for several years and were used by Charles Young, a Gooding business man, as he ran his “Galloping Goose,” a Stanley Steamer, on the rails between Gooding and Jerome.

The Galloping Goose was a high-powered, 16 passenger automobile with flanged wheels and pulled two light trailers for freight and express. The tracks were leased by Charles Young for a few years and were finally abandoned.

📝📷: All Things Idaho

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Silver City, ID – 1890📷: Skip Myers/Idaho History 1800 to Present
12/09/2024

Silver City, ID – 1890

📷: Skip Myers/Idaho History 1800 to Present

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