Idaho territory, history and reminiscences, 1879.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Idaho territory, history and reminiscences, 1879.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25911971

Dictation of George L. Shoup, with information on his journey to Colorado, 1859; mining and merchandising at Boulder; member of the First Constitutional Convention; Civil War service; to Virginia City, Montana, 1866; and in 1867 to Salmon City. Mining discoveries; beginnings of agriculture; Indian reservation in Lemhi Valley; early Mormon colonization; wagon roads in the area; first saw and grist mills; quartz ledges; first newspaper; Bonanza City finds of 1873 and 1876; other mines; beginnings of Lemhi County; growth of agriculture; Indian troubles of 1877-1878; brief biographical remarks on Judge Beatty of Lemhi County, a Forty-niner, and on himself. Some items included from the Bonanza City Yankee Fork Herald, 1879-1880.

Originals : 16 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (17 frames) : negative (Rich. 113:11-12) and positive.

UC Berkeley Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7151255

UC Berkeley Libraries

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Shoup, George L. (George Laird), 1836-1904

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61v62bb (person)

Governor of Idaho Territory, 1889-1890; Governor of Idaho, 1890; U.S. Senator, 1890-1901. From the description of Papers, 1861-1899. (University of Idaho Library). WorldCat record id: 42927417 Born June 15, 1836, in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and educated in the public schools of Freeport and Slate Lick, George Laird Shoup moved to Galesburg, Illinois with his father in 1852. In 1859 he joined the gold rush to Pike's Peak, Colorado, becoming a p...

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w3chp (person)

Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...