History Index

"The Fabulous Col. W. H. Dewey" By Faith Turner
Mail Robberies By Arthur Hart
Mail Robberies Continues By Arthur Hart
National Register of Historical Places
Historic Post Offices and Postmasters
Walter's Ferry History ~ map of ferries from Research Guide on Snake River Ferries
County Formation History
Reading & References

Local History Links

Historic Silver City
Silver City, Edna Purviance's mother hometown
Western Mining History, Owyhee County
Bancroft Works' The History of Washington, Idaho and Montana includes Owyhee County references.
Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series Index
Mining Gold and Silver in Idaho, 1865-1885, at accessgenealogy
"Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1876-78," Compiled By Henry G. Langley. Gazetteer and Business Directory of Idaho Territory and at ID AHGP
"A historical, descriptive and commercial directory of Owyhee County, Idaho, January 1898." at internet archive.
Cornelius Brosnan's History of Idaho (1918) and archive


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