Lemhi ~ Washington County Idaho Newspapers, 1894

Lemhi County

Population 1,915. Mountainous; mining is the chief industry.

Salmon City, Population 375

Logan County

Population 4,169. Galena and silver, lead ores; large tracts of fir, spruce, pine, cottonwood, and alder. Products: wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn and vegetables. Mining and smelting of ores; flouring mills.

Bellevue, Population 892

Shoshone, Population 1,200

Nez Perce County

Population 2,847. Soil on prairies and table lands very productive. Products: oats, barley, wheat, vegetables, butter; livestock.

Lewiston, Population 849

Oneida County

Population 6,819. Mountainous; soil fertile; rich gold mines, producing largely; full of silver mines.

Malad City, Population 1,504

Owyhee County

Population 2,021. Mountainous; heavily wooded in the highlands; some of the soil in the valleys fertile. Mining: gold and silver.

DeLamar, Population 1,100

Silver City, Population 433

Shoshone County

Population 5,382. Mountainous; soil fertile near streams ; gold mining.

Murray, Population 300

Wallace, Population 878

Washington County

Population 3,386. Soil a black loam, easily irrigated; gold, silver, copper and lead; large tracts of fir, pine, tamarack, etc. Products: wheat, barley, oats, rye and vegetables. Stock-raising: sheep, horses, cattle and swine.

Salubria, Population 750

Weiser, Population 901

Idaho Index | Pacific States Newspaper Index

Source: Pacific States Newspaper Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San Francisco, 1894

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