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1872, A. H. Nesbett of Squaw Creek drowned while attempting to cross the Payette
1882, Squaw Creek mail route, ferry
1883, Matt Martin saw a man skipping out his back door, grub missing; believed to be Cottner
1884, Apr. - Carl Baird reports Smoke in dead of winter
1884, Apr. 25 - Abbott & Hornberger out for seeds; Carrol Baird lost cattle during winter;
volcanic fire, bad whiskey
1889, Feb. Desert Land, Final Proof, James Ballntine, witnesses" C. Gillet, F. Gross, F. Sheppard, William Otto
1889, Ireton discovered coal near quartz find
1890, May: Woman on Upper Squaw Creek saw 210 rattlesnakes and one race in two days
1890, July: Tally dies; Scoot Smith's house destroyed by fire
1891, May: Sarah E. Wilson filing for homestead
1891, Disappearance of I. E. Mahan
1891, Macum Smith made a "clean-up" of 60 tons of hay on his Squaw Creek Ranch
1892, March, Squaw Creek Notes Washington's Birthday Dance, Craig Baird voted most graceful dancer, Prof. Perrin developing into a phrenologist
1892, March: Central Lumber Co. 3,500,000 feet of logs on Upper Payette
1892, March: Central Lumber Co. Ad
1892, Apr. - A. T. Drake died at J. C. Shepherd's house in Caldwell
1892, May: "Young Cyclone" on Squaw Creek, Ireton lost barn and granery; Brown, barn roof; Crowley, a hog
1892, May: Miss May Locke teaching subscription school on Upper Squaw Creek, in dwelling of A. S. Hall's; Padgett's house in High Valley burned
1892, George Perron's great bonanza, near summit between Squaw Creek and High Valley
1889, Apr. - Jas. Wardwell, lumberman says he will get logs down river in spite of low water
1897, July - Severe Hail Storm, William Cupp reporting, Senator Ballentine barn wrenched from foundation
Feb. 1898, About 25,000 sheep being fed in vicinity of Emmett
April 1902, Railroad Reaches Emmett
May 1902, New Stage Line
June 1902, 55 Carloads, Mining Machinery for Thunder Mountain
June 1902, Thunder Mountain Road will go by Long Valley
July 1902, 4th of July Celebration
July 1902, Base Ball at Boise
July 1902, News Briefs
July 1902, Surveyors Back from Mines (at Thunder Mountain)
January 1903, Farmers' Co-operative Irrigation Co. Plans
May 1903, Wagon Road to Roosevelt
1905, Thunder Mountain News ads,
1905, Ola to High Valley Road
1905, Emmett-Pearl Record to move to Nampa
1910, Quincy Callender and Marjorie Kennedy wed, to live in Ola, having interest in stage
1913, Cloudbursh Hits Pearl, washes away six buildings; VanDeusens lose hogs by flood. Hank Williams livery stable and five other buildings washed away; Dave McLean and Ad Corey had to travel a roundabout way to reach their homes
1913, First Train Ride to Smith's Ferry
1914, Emmett's First Women Jury, VonHarten v. Bramblee, herd law
1915, Earthquake Frightens Emmett
1918, Jan.: Post Office will be enlarged, increase in receipts; Sam D. Riggs, postmaster; Bertha Canaday, Henry A. Stalker, Bessie Whittemore, Alfred G. Pollard, Ernest S. Blayden, force.
1941, Evening Capital News, Record is Made by Distribitors, Nearly Quarter of Million Dollars paid to Growers up to June 30
1916, Slayer of Wife Captured Near Payette, Nick St. Clair Flees Gem County and Caught in Canyon County
1919, Boise Payette Lumber Co. to close plant so 300 Employees can View War Flyers Stage Ozone Thrillers
Prohibition story by Hart & stories of local moonshining
1921, Thousand Gallons Wine Emptied into Canal
1922, 27 cars of cherries shipped, million & half pounds of wool
1922, Pioneer Picnic, includes Emmett's Firsts and Registration Book
October 1929-Old Liberty Mine at Sweet Sold
November 1930 - Spanish American Vet's Body Moved to Sweet Cemetery (George W. Hall)
November 1938, Sixteen Postmasters Served Emmett in Twelve Different Locations
April 1948, The Marsh-Ireton Ranch, by Nellie Ireton Mills
Pearl News Articles
1896, Feb.:From the Great Willow Creek, update on mine activities
1896,Feb: Willow Creek is going to boom
1896, Red Bird Mine subscribers met, directors chosen Egleston, Sebree, Horn, Cooper & Shaw
1896, Pearl butchers close shop & another rich strike in the Checkmate, Caldwell Tribune, July 25, 1896
1897, ad for Stage Line to Pearl, H. Cox, proprietor; Graham & J. C. Shepherd, Pearl ticket agents; The Caldwell Tribune, May 1, 1897
1897,June: Pearl Stage now runs through Emmett, The Caldwell Tribune, June 12, 1897
1897, Mrs. Gould, Pearl store keeper visits Caldwell, The Caldwell Tribune, May 29, 1897
1898,Jan: Important Strike at King Mine in Pearl, The Caldwell Tribune, January 1, 1898
1902, Tragedy at Pearl (murder-suicide)
1902, Feb. - work progressing on canal for Horse Shoe Bend Power Plant, to provide power to Pearl
1902, May - New Stage Line from Emmett to Centerville
January 1903, W. C. Emkee Mines at Pearl Sold
April 1903, Great Pearl Mining Camp
January 1906, Head Residence Destroyed by Fire (Lower Pearl)
1906, Jan. Black Pearl Closed Due to Frost
Plowman vs. LeVan 1897 Suit, Pearl Mining District; Idaho Statesman, March 1834
August 1935, Pearl Mining District, by Robert N. Bell, Former Idaho Inspector of Mines
Idaho Falls, Post Register, Jan. 17, 1941 Miners at Pearl Strike
December 2005, Mining History News, (Pearl Story) by Bob Weldin
- courtesy of David Humpherys - thanks for sharing!
Links
Boise County Sentinel at Salmon Public Library, 1912 & 1916, published at Sweet; plus other publications
Library of Congress, Chronicling America - collection is constantly growing
News Items at Gem County Museum
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