History Index

People

First Gem County Officials
Gem County Sheriffs (Idaho GenWeb Archives)
Governor Frank W. Hunt (1861 - 1906) on South Fork Companion blog
Emmett Newell (1919 - 1987), Civilian POW
Jay Sisler (1926 - 1995), Dog Trainer for Disney

Veterans

Known Gem County Civil War Veterans
Veterans buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery
Veterans buried in Bramwell Cemetery
Veterans buried in Sweet-Montour and Ola Cemeteries
WWII Memorial, at tank, in front of courthouse
Memorial, WWI, Korea and Viet Nam at tank, in front of courthouse
John McLean Tribute, First Gem County WWI casualty, June 27, 1918
George Hall, Spanish-American Vet's Body Moved to Sweet Cemetery, November 16, 1930

To contribute to Gem County Veterans Project, contact Gem County Veterans Project or Janie Schaut

Places

Nathaniel Martin House by Director-Curator, Meg Davis; includes history of Martin Ferry
What's in a Name?, (Emmettsville and Emmett Cahalan) by Director-Curator, Meg Davis
Gem County Post Offices and Postmasters
Montour
Ola
Pearl in the early 1900's
Pearl on westernmininghistory.com (off-site)
Sweet
Sweet Methodist Church (on historical register)
Gem County Buildings on the National Register (off-site)
Pickett's Corral Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series, No. 253

Historic Newspaper Articles

Railroad Reaches Emmett, April 1902
Fifty-five Carloads, Mining Machinery for Thunder Mountain, June 19, 1902
The Fourth at Emmett, July 1902
Emmett Red Birds Cover Themselves with Glory, Other News, Dissolution Notice, July 10, 1902
W. C. Emke Mines at Pearl Sold for $25,000, January 13, 1903
Farmers' Co-Operative Irrigation Co. Plans, January 13, 1903>
Great Pearl Mining Camp, April 30, 1903; lists mines and owners
Liberty Mine Sold, October 1929
Ekekiel Sweet's Experience as a Postmaster, February 1931

Off-Site Sources

History news articles at the Messenger-Index


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