Gem Co. map
Reading & References
Sharon McConnel,
Gem County Coordinator

Photo Album Index

Emmett and around the county

"Bearing Orchard", 1910 postcard, ranch of Mrs. Julia Cook; promotional for Steven's Studio, Opp. Russell Hotel. Courtesy of Art Beal - Thanks for sharing!
Historic Emmett Alley Signs, courtesy of Madonna Colburn. Thank you for sharing! See discussion on Preserving Emmett's History facebook group
Historic Emmett Main Street signs, courtesy of Madonna Colburn. Thank you for sharing!
E. E. Hunt, store and residence, courtesy of Art Beal. Thank you for sharing!
Burdge Mill Grist Stones
Emmettsville revised plat, 24 February 1900
Thunder Mountain Stages postcard
1923-BlackCanyon Dam (from waterarchives.org)
Black Canyon Canal construction, c. 1930's (from waterarchives.org)
1930's, Emmett Valley (from waterarchives.org)
1940 Emmett Orchard (from waterarchives.org)
Herbert Day, 1940's
Tom Curtis, 1944, Montour
Black Canyon Dam postcard

facebook page to check out - Old Gem County Photos Facebook page

Montour Photographs From Library of Congress

Ola Self-help cooperative (Farm Security Administration) From Library of Congress

Ola Church

Pearl Photographs

Book 1, page 33 map showing old Boise/Canyon county line and Westview Mining District (Pearl). The map was filed in Canyon County Oct. 27, 1897, at 3 PM and certified Nov. 11, 1915 when we became Gem County. (Thanks to John Henderson for verifying the dates!)
Pearl 1902
Reconstructed Map of Pearl 1902
Pearl Class 1909, Commencement Program

Sweet Photographs

Ballantine Wool Wagons at Sweet water trough
Sweet Methodist Church with history by Kennie Klingback
Sweet School, c. 1900
Sweet Street scene
Sweet -- Talley Store & Woody Hotel, after 1909

Pioneers

Ted Carr Stage from Emmett to Ola and Cascade, courtesy of Art Beal. Thank you for sharing!
William Cramer's daughters about 1940: Ruth Gross, Isabell Walker, Annie Gross, Robert Zuella Whitlock, Vernie Paddock
Gustav (Jr), Hester and Frank Gross, circa 1910's.
William and Catherine Woody, builder of Woody Hotel, Sweet
Wesley, Dewey and Emmett Woody

Thompson Family Photos (Ola area Homesteaders), shared by Wes Bell, Thompson Family Researcher, October 2011 - Thanks Wes, for sharing!
Charles W. Thompson, Squaw Creek Homesteader
Henryette Maybelle "Nettie-Mae", 1896
Charles William, wife Isabelle, daughter Nettie Mae, 1897
Charles Harvey, 1900
Charles Harvey and Nettie, 1905
Jack Knife School Students, 1906 (Jack Knife School was roughly three miles south of Ola)
Isabelle and Charles H., 1911
Wheat Harvest on Squaw Creek Ranch, 1915


Squaw Creek Valley, looking east

Looking east across Squaw Creek Valley, from approximate location of Thompson Homestead


War Memorials

WWI, Korean & Vietnam War Memorial at tank in front of courthouse
WWII Memorial at tank in front of courthouse

Ephemera

Triangle Service Station, 1938
Gem Creamery Company, circa 1950

Other Photographs

Historical Markers
Shropshire Homestead ("backside of Butte")

Photo Links (off-site)

North Idaho Collection, "The Mike Fritz Collection" of Idaho postcards (includes several Emmett scenes)
Univ. of Idaho Digital postcards
Mountain West Digital Library
Idaho State Historical Society Digital Collections
Virtual Wall, Vietnam Veterans Memorial
familyoldphotos.com for Idaho
Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive


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