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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22P7_general-custer-mill_Stanley-ID.html
In 1879, Col. William Birelie Hyde and William Grayson of San Francisco purchased the Custer Mining Company and constructed of a twenty stamp mill began. All of the heavy equipment for the mill was brought over the newly established Toll Road by A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22P6_arrastra_Stanley-ID.html
Crushing ore played a major role in the gold refining process. Different types of crushing methods were employed and changed with the times. Arrastras used a circular floor of tightly laid blocks of stone as a grinding surface. Ore was spread thin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22NQ_eleven-mile-barn_Stanley-ID.html
By 1880 improvements to the Toll Road allowed the establishment of a stage line from Bonanza City to Challis. Along the Toll Road several stations provided services for drivers, and passengers. Eleven Mile Barn provided drivers an opportunity to h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22NP_custer-cemetery_Stanley-ID.html
Yankee Fork residents found few comforts and many hardships due to their remote location. Snow slides, work-related accidents, and disease combined with the lack of medical services created a difficult lifestyle. Evidence of this location is the t…