Joseph H. Boyd Papers 1889-1919

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Joseph H. Boyd Papers 1889-1919

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Gold prospector in Idaho, real estate investor in Portland, Or., and businessman, of Spokane, Wash. Family correspondence and material relating to Boyd's mining interests in the Coeur d'Alene Region, Idaho, including receipts and stock certificates from Star Mining Company.

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Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives

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Star Mining Company

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Boyd, Joseph H. (Joseph Hyatt), 1842-1925

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In 1857 Joseph Boyd sailed from his native England, bound for California. He worked in San Francisco for a short time, but in May, 1858 he headed north to join the gold rush to the Fraser River in British Columbia. Throughout the 1860s Boyd prospected in various central Idaho gold rushes. In 1871 he settled in Portland, OR, where he invested in real estate. In 1883 he traveled to Spokane Falls and entered the hardware business, which was destroyed in the Spokane Fire of 4 August 1889. He rebuilt...