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History of North Idaho (1903)

The following works deal with the cultural, political, economic, military, biographical and geologic history of pre-territorial Idaho, Idaho Territory and the State of Idaho.

Surveys of Idaho history

Historic expeditions

Hayden Geological Survey (1871)

  • Hayden, F. V. (1880). The Great West: Its Attractions and Resources, Containing a Popular Description of the Marvelous Scenery, Physical Geography, Fossils and Glaciers of the Wonderful Region, and the Recent Explorations of the Yellowstone Park, "The Wonderland of America". Bloomington, IL: Charles R. Brodix.
  • Merrill, Marlene Deahl, ed. (1999). Yellowstone and the Great West-Journals, Letters and Images from the 1871 Hayden Expedition. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-3148-2.

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)

  • Ambrose, Stephen E. (1996). Undaunted Courage. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-81107-3.
  • Russell, Steve F. (2007). Lewis and Clark Across the Mountains: Mapping the Corps of Discovery in Idaho. Boise, ID: Idaho State Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-931406-16-4.

Business and labor

  • Aiken, Katherine G. (2005). Idaho's Bunker Hill: the rise and fall of a great mining company, 1885-1981. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3682-0.

Indians

Military histories

Primary sources

Local and regional histories

  • Beal, Merrill D.) (1942). History of Southeastern Idaho. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press.
  • Elsensohn, Sister M. Alfreda (1947). Pioneer Days in Idaho County. Cladwell, ID: Claxton Press.
  • Russell, Bert (1978). Hardships and Happy Times in Idaho's St. Joe Wilderness as Told By the Old Timers. Harrison, ID: Lacon Publishers. ISBN 0-930344-04-9.
  • Vardis Fisher, ed. (1937). Idaho: A Guide in Word and Picture: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. Works Progress Administration.
  • An illustrated history of north Idaho: embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho (PDF). Western Historical Pub. Co. 1903.

Law and order

Ghost towns

  • Florin, Lambert (1971). Montana, Idaho and Wyoming: Ghost Towns. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company.
  • Webb, Todd (1961). Gold Strikes and Ghost Towns. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday and Co.
  • Weis, Norman D. (1972). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, ID: University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-201-7.

Biographies

  • Ashby, Leroy (1994). Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church. Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87422-103-9.
  • The Historical Encyclopedia of Wyoming. Cheyenne, WY: Wyoming Historical Institute. 1970.[1]
  • Mumey, Nolie (1972). The Life Of Jim Baker 1818-1898. New York: Interland Publishing.
  • Scherer, Joanna Cohan (2006). A Danish Photographer of Idaho Indians: Benedicte Wrensted. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3684-4.
  • Scott, Kim Allen (2007). Yellowstone Denied-The Life of Gustavus Cheyney Doane. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3800-8.
  • Smallwood, William L. (2007). Mcclure of Idaho. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press. ISBN 978-0-87004-458-8.

Memoirs and primary sources

  • Bonney, Orrin H.; Bonney, Lorraine (1970). Battle Drums and Geysers-The Life and Journals of Lt. Gustavus Cheyney Doane, Soldier and Explorer of the Yellowstone and Snake River Regions. Chicago: Swallow Press.
  • Taylor, Glen Hearst (1979). The Way It Was With Me. L. Stuart. ISBN 0-8184-0288-1.

Political histories

  • Colson, Dennis C. (1991). Idaho's Constitution: The Tie That Binds. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-89301-265-3.
  • Limbaugh, Ronald H. (1982). Rocky Mountain Carpetbaggers: Idaho's Territorial Governors, 1863-1890. Moscow, ID: Idaho Research Foundation. ISBN 0-89301-082-0.
  • Stapilis, Randy (2005). Governing Idaho: Politics, People, and Power. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-447-8.
  • Stapilis, Randy (2009). Paradox Politics: People and Power in Idaho. Carlton, OR: Ridenbaugh Press. ISBN 978-0-9824668-0-3.

Social history

  • Fetherling, Douglas (1988). The Gold Crusades: A social history of the gold rushes 1849-1929. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-8046-4.
  • Johnstone, Rachel S. (2009). Inmates of the Idaho Penitentiary 1864-1947. Idaho State Historical Society Press.

Geology

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "University Libraries Wyoming Biography Database". University of Wyoming. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 1669pp. 2 Vols. 1,520 biographies

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