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Idaho in Historical Photographs
Hardcover
General PhotographyGeneral United States History
Publisher: Pm-Heritage Press
Published: May 10 2026
Pages: 144
Weight: 1.67
Height: 0.50 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Idaho in Historical Photographs presents a visual journey through the early history of one of the most geographically diverse states of the American West. Using carefully selected archival photographs from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book documents the transformation of Idaho from a frontier territory into a modern western state shaped by mining, transportation, agriculture, and natural resources.
The photographs depict mining camps, railroad towns, agricultural settlements, rivers, canyons, waterfalls, forests, and volcanic landscapes across the state. Communities such as Boise, Lewiston, Wallace, Burke, Moscow, and other towns appear alongside railroads, steamboats, mines, highways, and frontier businesses that shaped everyday life in Idaho during a period of rapid development.
Particular attention is given to the mining regions of northern Idaho, the transportation routes of the Inland Northwest, and the landscapes of the Snake River, Hells Canyon, and Craters of the Moon. The images also preserve scenes of homesteading, labor, industry, natural disasters, and rural life that formed an important part of Idaho's historical identity.
Drawn from public archives, university collections, libraries, museums, and historical societies, the photographs reproduced in this volume provide an authentic visual record of Idaho's early history and of the broader development of the American West.
This volume is intended for readers interested in regional history, historical photography, the Pacific Northwest, and the visual heritage of the American frontier.
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