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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22XA_timmerman-junction-oregon-trail-kiosk_Bellevue-ID.html
(Five panels in the kiosk deal with the history of Goodale's Cutoff and the surrounding area)
Idaho's Emigrant Trails
Westward-bound emigrants entered Idaho after crossing Thomas Fork Valley. They soon encountered the climb and descent o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22WE_j-j-tracy-building_Hailey-ID.html
The J.J. Tracy Building was built as a drug store in 1906 by John J. Tracy. Already a pharmacist at the age of twenty-two, Tracy migrated to the West, spending three months in Kelton, Utah where he met William T. Riley, an entrepreneur and early p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22WC_j-c-fox-building_Hailey-ID.html
J.C. Fox, the original owner of the building and one of Hailey's founders, had it erected in 1920 after operating a general store three doors up the street for almost forty years. He served as mayor for two years and was vice-president of the Hail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22WB_rialto-hotel_Hailey-ID.html
In 1934, Julio Astoriquia and his wife Maria Astoriquia invested their hard-saved money to buy two lots on Main Street in Hailey for construction of a hotel. Julio emigrated from the Basque region of Spain to the United States in 1913. He worked a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22WA_wood-river-mines_Hailey-ID.html
Rich strikes in 1879 led to a rush in the lead and silver mines of this valley. The famous Minnie Moore Mine alone produced a total of $8.4 million worth of ore.
Mining quickly brought a railroad and prosperity. The Ketchum smelter pioneered el…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22W9_magic-reservoir_Hailey-ID.html
Water from deep snow that falls on high mountain ridges north of here is stored each Spring in this reservoir to irrigate farm land near Shoshone and Richfield.
Big Wood River flows past some hills that separate this valley from a broad plain of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22W8_w-h-watt-building_Hailey-ID.html
The Watt Building is connected in local memory with W.H. Watt, who had the building erected as a bank. An 1889 fire that demolished the business district of Hailey left few buildings still standing. The rear portion of the building, which may date…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22W7_bullion-block-site-werthheimer-building_Hailey-ID.html
The original building on this site, called the Bullion Block, was constructed in 1882. It was at this time that Hailey became the county seat of Alturas County after a bitterly fought election with Bellevue, and the existing county seat, Rocky Bar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22W3_the-lewis-ore-wagons_Ketchum-ID.html
Horace Lewis began the "Ketchum Fast Freight Line" soon after the town was founded on August 2, 1880. The first load of ore was carried from the Elkhorn mine to the railroad at Kelton, Utah. These monstrous wagons with six-foot wheels known as "Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22W2_ketchum_Ketchum-ID.html
Pioneering explorer Alexander Ross visited the valley in search of beaver in 1821. The Hudson's Bay Company reported the area as "promising." Ketchum's short mining era began in 1879, after the Sheepeater War and the relocation of the Native Ameri…