Gem Co. map

Neighbors -

Adams County
Valley County
Boise County
Ada County
Canyon County
Payette County
Washington County

Reading & References
Sharon McConnel,
Gem County Coordinator

Emmett     Sweet     Montour      Ola      Gross    Letha    Pearl & Westview Mining District

Historic Post Offices & Postmasters

History

Langley's "Pacific Coast Business Directory 1876-78", listing Emmettsville and Falk's Store businesses
Payette River Road, by Wm. J. McConnell, 1913
Early Settlers Profiled in "The Village That Grew" by Ruth B. Lyon, 1979
The Mail is Robbed/Esmond Stage Stop, 1885 Emmett-Placerville Road (present-day county line)
School Districts, map and locations
Pearl Class 1909, Commencement Program
1918, Jackknife School School Souvenir, courtesy Art Beal
History of Butte School, Written by Meree Fowler (Schneider), 2 Oct 1919 for a school paper
Pearl
Pearl 1902, Reconstructed Map
Pearl Documents, 1896-1902
Polk's 1914 Business Directory, includes Emmett, Hanna, Letha, Montour, Ola, Pearl and Sweet and list of fruit growers
Dec. 1914, Emmett's First Women Jury
First Gem County Officials, 1915
Sheriffs, 1915-1993
Hawley's History of Gem County and Emmett, 1920
Award-winning 1930 Historical Essay, by high school student, Edith Whipple
Women Homesteaders
National Register of Historic Places & Century Farms
Emmigrant Trails of Southern Idaho, complete with maps
1933, 3rd Fork CCC's Camp, courtesy Art Beal, thanks for sharing!
History-Sagehen Reservoir, dam built by CCC's
Scenic Idaho, Winter 1954
"The Payette River is beautiful but deadly" by Arthur Hart
Lumber Industry
"Emmett's Lumber Industry in Past," Emmett Index, June 15, 1916, "Boise Payette Co.'s Mill to be Built in Emmett" issue
Lumber Industry and Logging, from "All Along The River"
Reed Sawmill (Dry Buck), Hugh Hartman photo collection - Thank you for sharing, Bob!

Prohibition

Newspaper Articles    Reading and References

Off-site Links

Mills' "All Along the River" now on Internet Archives
Payette River National Scenic Byway Plan
Payette River Log Drives," "River Tales of Idaho" by Darcy Williamson, Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, 1997 (google books)
History at Boise National Forest
Boise County Sentinel at Salmon Public Library, 1912 & 1916, published at Sweet; plus other publications
1904 Annual report of the mining industry of Idaho, by Robert Bell, Inspector of Mines, at google books (includes Pearl mining district)
History and Culture, Boise National Forest
Gem County Sheriffs (US genweb archives)
Pickett's Corral Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series, No. 253
Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series Index for more Idaho history
History news articles at the Messenger-Index
History Articles at the Idaho Statesman


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