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Rare & early Idaho Territory newspaper...
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October 18, 1873
OWYHEE AVALANCHE, Silver City, Idaho, October 18, 1873
* Wild Old West original
* Very rare title from territorial Idaho
This is a quite rare newspaper from 17 years before Idaho became a state. This is an interesting issue containing a wide variety of news items and other tidbits.
Silver City is a living ghost town located in southwest Idaho. It is not a tourist town, but a place where visitors can get a feel of what the West might have felt like in its booming days. Silver City even had a brewery and a bottling plant. Some of the mines produced ore well into the millions of dollars during their lifetime. Silver City started its decline about 1889 when the inevitable began to appear. Even at that time the city still had six general stores, two hotels, a newspaper, two lumber yards and several doctors and lawyers.
Some of the articles are headed "Mother Lodes" "Humbug" "An Egotist" "North Idaho News" "Boise County News" "The Latest News" "The Champion Driller" and more. There are many ads as well.
Complete in 4 pages, partially loose and somewhat irregular at the spine from disbinding, very nice condition.
Category: The Old West
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