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Lemhi County
Contributor(s): Benedict, Hope (Author), Lemhi County Historical Society and Muse (Author)
ISBN: 1531617301     ISBN-13: 9781531617301
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
OUR PRICE:   $28.79  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2006
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - General
Dewey: 979.601
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.91 lbs) 130 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Idaho
 
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Publisher Description:
Situated at the base of the Continental Divide and surrounded by the Lemhi and Salmon River Ranges, Lemhi County, Idaho, provides a fascinating look at the "Old West" as it makes its precarious transition to a new order. Traditional homeland to the people of Sacajawea, Lemhi County became a destination point for Lewis and Clark as they worked their way across the continent, for trappers, for missionaries, and finally, in 1866, for prospectors and those who kept them fed, clothed, and entertained. The community that developed in the valleys of the Salmon, Lemhi, and Pahsimeroi Rivers benefited from long-term mining and the simultaneous evolution of ranching and the timber industry, and this growth was well documented by local photographers.