Idaho Historic photos, documents, and people

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Famous Coeur d'Alene Lake with the resort city of Coeur d'Alene in the background, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

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Farmer preparing to blow tamarack stump. It will take fourteen sticks of dynamite. Bonner County, Idaho

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Horses pasturing among stumps and snags. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho. General caption 49

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"Largest pile of potatoes in the world," warehouse view J.R. Simplot Dehydrating Co., Caldwell, Idaho

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Ex-Nebraska farmer now developing farm out of the stumps. Bonner County, Idaho. See general caption

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From Cyndi Mazzi: "This was takin in Emmett Idaho. About 1915. My grandma Celia Powell Surber."

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Mission Motel, near city center, U.S. highways 20-30 and 26, west in city limits, Boise, Idaho

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Close-up of the sawmill. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48

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Abandoned church in cut-over area. Boundary County, Idaho. Two miles south of Canadian line