Historical Society Ladies Tea

Feb 11 & 12 at 2:00. Tickets will be on sale at the musuem Jan 14 - $10 per person with all proceeds going to keeping the museum doors open. Seating is limited each day, so please get your reservations made in time for a special afternoon. The program is about "Love Letters."

Welcome to the Emmett Valley of Southwest Idaho!

We're glad you've stopped by to explore the colorful heritage of this beautiful valley!

Fur trappers were in the area as early as 1818 . . .
In 1862 Tim Goodale led a wagon train across the Payette River, then north, up Haw Creek . . .
Later in 1862 the Gold Rush to the Boise Basin came up the Payette River valley . .
The next summer farmers along the river started raising crops to supply the mines . . .
Nathaniel Martin and Jonathan Smith built a ferry crossing just west of the present-day bridge . . .
Squire Martin established a post office . . .

The Village Museum is open year round. Admittance is free. Donations are always appreciated. Tours are available.

Membership meetings and guest speaker programs are held on the second Tuesday of each month, September through May, at 7:00pm in the museum. Visitors are always welcome.

Gem County Historical Society sponsors River In Time, an annual, free event, the first weekend in October. It celebrates the people who settled the Payette River between 1859 and 1946. Other events are held through out the year.


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