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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AXD_the-1910-fire_Saint-Maries-ID.html
Ranger Edward Pulaski and his crew of over 40 men took refuge from the fire on August 30 in the War Eagle mine tunnel on Placer Creek. All survived except for five men and two horses.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AXB_timber-made-this-town_Saint-Maries-ID.html
The Saint Maries River Valley was said to have the largest single stand of white pine in the world. Homesteaders and lumberjacks flocked here by wagon road and boats to take advantage of vast stands of western white pine, fir, tamarack and cedar. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AX4_hughes-house-historical-museum_Saint-Maries-ID.html
It served as a Men's Club until 1906 then as a home and treatment center for "Doc" Thompson into the 1920's. Purchased & restored by Raleigh Hughes after 1926. Purchased by the Centennial Committee in 1989.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AX3_st-maries-steaming-with-history_Saint-Maries-ID.html
St. Maries, named by Jesuit Father Pierre DeSmet during the 1840s, sits at the confluence of the "Shadowy" St. Joe and St. Maries rivers. It was recognized as a settlement in the 1880s. Incorporated as a village in 1902, and as a city in 1913, it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AL5_the-st-maries-occupation-of-1918_Saint-Maries-ID.html
During W.W. I, St Maries was a hotbed of International Workers of America (I.W.W.) unionizing activities. In December 1917, Sheriff E. Noland raided their headquarters near here and arrested secretary William Nelson for advocating sabotage. On M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AL4_saint-joseph-indian-mission_Saint-Maries-ID.html
Established November 4, 1842, by Father Nicolas Point, S.J. Eagerly sought by the Coeur d'Alene Indians, the Black Robed missionaries supervised the building of a log cabin, and in the spring, began to teach "the mysteries of plowing and plan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AL1_the-mullan-road_Saint-Maries-ID.html
Designed to connect the Missouri and the Columbia, this military wagon road was constructed past here in 1859. Swamps in the St. Joe valley has to be corduroyed with logs, and 70 men spent a week digging out sidehills south of here and chopping …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22X3_splash-dam-at-hobo-creek_Saint-Maries-ID.html
Loggers used the splash dam system in the Marble Creek basin between 1915 and 1931. In 1923, Rutledge Lumber Company spent $16,352.25 building the dam depicted in this mural. Splash dams stored enough water to "flush" logs down small streams to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22X2_willamette-steam-donkey-engine_Saint-Maries-ID.html
"A locomotive without wheels..." The Willamette donkeys were fueled by wood or oil, which generated steam to turn drums that were spooled with cable. Cables of 8,000 to 12,000 feet length were common. Because of the long lengths of cable used…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22X1_mullan-trail-road_Saint-Maries-ID.html
Capt. John Mullan U.S. Army Capt. John Mullan, US Army, Constructor and surveyor. He was directed to mark a wagon and railroad route from Fort Benton, Montana to Walla Walla, Washington from 1853-1855. He built the actual road 1859-62. The o…
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