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Idaho
Mount Idaho gold-camp outpost and county seat
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Wars era cartridge cases, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1862-1902 mining outpost and Idaho County seat
Outpost founded about 1862 to serve nearby gold diggings, linked by stage to Lewiston by 1873 and county seat from 1875 to 1902; its hotel served as a hospital in the Nez Perce War of 1877. Grangeville took the county seat in 1902 and absorbed the town by the time its post office closed in 1922.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
private farmland
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