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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27NZ_langer-monument_Stanley-ID.html
In memory of Charley J. Langer, District Forest Ranger, Challis National Forest, Pilot Captain Bill Kelly and Co-Pilot Arthur A. Crofts of the U.S. Army killed in an airplane crash April 5, 1943 near this point while searching for survivors of an …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22UV_sunbeam-bathhouse_Stanley-ID.html
This 1937 stonework building remains as a tribute to Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) craftsmanship. CCC workers from Camp Clayton built the structure. It was originally used as a bathhouse and is now a historic site.
The National Forest System…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22UU_of-cabins-and-chicken-ranches_Stanley-ID.html
Foundations along the trail reflect earlier times when hot springs attracted travelers, settlers, and businessmen. Tales are told of early hot pools, cabins, and chicken raising operations.
An attempt to raise chickens here was made by the caret…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22UT_the-boiling-fountain_Stanley-ID.html
Alexander Ross and his Hudsons Bay Company fur trappers were the first white men to visit these hot springs. His dairy describes camping "at the boiling fountain" when they came here on October 1, 1824.
Hot springs result when hot water reache…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22US_bears-ploughed-field_Stanley-ID.html
Long before miners and ranchers settled Stanley Basin, bears dominated this area.
When Alexander Ross and his Hudson's Bay Company trappers stopped here, September 20, 1824, they "observed at some distance the appearance of a ploughed field, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22UR_stanley-ranger-station_Stanley-ID.html
When Challis National Forest was established in 1908, this site became an administrative center. Early log Ranger Stations stood here from 1909 to 1932.
Expanding Forest Service responsibilities led to construction of a larger ranger statin, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22U8_clayton-smelter_Clayton-ID.html
Lead-silver mineral discoveries 12 miles north of here on Bayhorse Creek in 1864 and 1872 led Joel E. Clayton to locate a large smelter here in 1880.
Doubled in size in 1888, Clayton's smelter has enough variety of ores from local mines to conti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TY_sunbeam-dam_Stanley-ID.html
The Sunbeam Dam was constructed by the Sunbeam Consolidated Gold Mines Company to provide power for their mill located 13 miles up Yankee Fork on Jordan Creek.
Construction of the dam and power plant began in June, 1909, and was completed in Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TX_building-the-dredge_Stanley-ID.html
Near here, the initial pond of the Yankee Fork Gold Dredge was constructed to allow the assembly of the massive four-story floating machine. It was a major operation to transport the equipment and pieces needed to build the dredge. Some pieces wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TW_river-recreation_Stanley-ID.html
River rafters and kayakers now find whitewater excitement on this stretch of the Salmon River. Early photographs help us discover that these rapids were once replaced by a lake.
Whitewater was missing after the completion of Sunbeam Dam. "Sunb…