History Index
Post Offices and Postmasters Historic Sheriffs
1899 Mining Report, by
Jay Czizak, Inspector of Mines
1885, The Mail Is Robbed, Esmond Stage Station, Emmett-Placerville Road
Payette River Road, by Wm. J. McConnell, 1913
McConnell, Early Events, Payette Vigilance Committee
1864, Christmas Shootings in Placerville and Centerville
Harris Creek Road and Toll Gate
History of Boise County, by James Hawley, "History of Idaho, 1920.
"The Boise County of 1870 was melting pot of nationalities," Arthur Hart (The Idaho Statesman)
Summary of Basin History (from Boise Basin Visitor & Tourism Development Plan)
History of the Garden Valley/Crouch Area, (from Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan)
Brownlee Trail and Dry Buck, includes
Reed's Sawmill, Dry Buck, and Reed Bros. Logging Crew, courtesy of Hugh Hartman family
Eagle Eye of the Northern Shoshone
Eagle Eye, Last Chief of the Tukudia.
Tukudika, Indians of the Wilderness
Payette River Log Drives, from "River Tales of Idaho" by Darcy Williamson
" First Idaho Farms," by William J. McConnell, early Jerusalem farmer. Courtesy of David Humphreys
National Register of Historical Places -
Wells, Merle W. -- "Gold Camps & Silver Cities/Nineteenth Century Mining in Central and Southern Idaho." Idaho Department of Lands, Bureau of Mines & Geology, Moscow, Idaho, 1983.
Payette River
History of the Payette River
"The Payette River is
beautiful but deadly" by Arthur Hart
Payette River Log Drives,"
"River Tales of Idaho" by Darcy Williamson, Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, 1997 (google books)
Payette River National Scenic Byway Plan
History at Boise National Forest
Other Links
"Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1876-78," Compiled By Henry G. Langley, includes Idaho Territory
"All along the river; territorial and pioneer days on the Payette," by Nellie (Ireton) Mills. Contains comprehensive histories and biographical sketches of pioneers in the western portions of the county.
Idaho State Historical Society, Reference Series
"History of the State of Idaho, 1899" at accessgenealogy.com (includes biographies)
Recommended Reading
Conley, Cort. Idaho for the Curious/A Guide. Backeddy Books, Cambridge, Idaho. 1982.
Idaho Almanac, 1977 Edition, published by The Executive Office of the Governor, John V. Evans and The Idaho Division of Tourism and Industrial Development, State Capitol Building, Boise, Idaho.
The Idaho Blue Book published by the Secretary of State's office.
Witherell, Jim. -- The Log Trains of Southern Idaho. Sundance Publications, 1989.
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