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Battleship Idaho Commissioned, Becoming the Navy’s Fourth USS Idaho [otd 03/24]
On March 24, 1919, battleship BB-42 – the USS Idaho– was commissioned into the Navy under the command of Captain Carl T. Vogelgesang.BB-42 was actually the fourth Idaho to sail for the U.S. Navy:...
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Gutzon Borglum: Sculptor of Gigantic Figures, Including Mount Rushmore [otd...
Gutzon Borglum, ca. 1925.Library of Congress.Gutzon Borglum, who created the Mount Rushmore monument, was born March 25, 1867 in St. Charles, Idaho, near Bear Lake. "The best archival research"...
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Gold Rush Fuels Murray Building Boom [otd 3/5]
The Lewiston Teller for March 5, 1885 published a glowing report from a correspondent in the new town of Murray, Idaho. The observer first noted that people in the entire mining district exuded...
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Freighter, Stagecoach Driver, and Eagle Developer John Carpenter [otd 03/26]
John R. Carpenter.J. H. Hawley photo.Pioneer John R. Carpenter was born March 26, 1846 near Albany, New York. In 1859, John helped his father drive a covered wagon to California while his mother...
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Stage Line Operator and Coach Driver Charles Haynes [otd 03/27]
Long-time stagecoach driver Charles C. Haynes was born March 27, 1837 in Liverpool, Ohio, about thirty miles south of Youngstown. Before his twenty-first birthday, he had accumulated years of...
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Governor Issues Proclamation to End Owyhee War [otd 03/28]
Idaho Governor D. W. Ballard issued a proclamation on March 28, 1868 to halt a shooting war near Silver City. The statement said, in part, "the lawless proceedings of the parties referred to must cease...
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Prominent Attorney and Exposition Secretary George Huebner [otd 03/29]
Attorney George C. Huebner was born March 29, 1879 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. (Older records show the name as Huebener.) After graduating from high school there, George apparently worked at a store his...
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Medical Researcher and St. Luke’s Chief Surgeon Warren Springer [otd 03/30]
Dr. Springer. J. H. Hawley photo.Eminent Boise physician Warren David Springer was born March 30, 1864, near Toronto, Canada. He received a college degree and then went on to medical school at Trinity...
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Novelist & Newspaper Columnist Vardis Fisher [otd 3/31]
Vardis Fisher.Bonneville County Historical Society.Vardis Alvero Fisher, best known for his Western-themed novels, was born March 31, 1895 in Annis, Idaho. (Annis is about 4 miles north of Rigby.) He...
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Cattle Rancher, Idaho Governor, and U. S. Senator George L. Shoup [otd 04/01]
Senator George L. Shoup.National Archives.On April 1, 1889, President Grover Cleveland appointed Lemhi cattleman George Laird Shoup governor of Idaho Territory – the last to hold that position. He was...
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Sheepman Hugh Fleming Found Dead. Killed by Cattlemen? [otd 04/02]
On April 2, 1894, riders on the range near American Falls, Idaho discovered the body of sheepman Hugh Fleming. The unarmed herder had been shot four times. Suspicion instantly fell on local cattlemen,...
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Spud Farmer, Expert, and Booster Joe Marshall – Idaho® Potato King [otd 04/03]
Joe Marshall. Beal & Wells photo.Joseph P. Marshall, who did more than any other one person to improve and popularize the Idaho® potato, was born April 3, 1874 in Versailles, Ohio, about thirty...
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Steamer Accident Kills Five on the Coeur d Alene River [otd 04/04]
On April 4, 1887, the steamer Spokane pulled away from the dock at Kingston, Idaho. (That's about seven miles west of Kellogg.) The little boat chugged along the winding course of the Coeur d'Alene...
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Aircraft Carrier Boss and Decorated Naval Hero Dixie Kiefer [otd 04/05]
Captain Dixie Kiefer.U. S. Navy photo.U. S. Navy Commodore Dixie Kiefer, winner of the Navy Cross and other medals, was born April 5, 1896 in Blackfoot, Idaho. The family moved around while Dixie was...
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Investor and Mining Millionaire Amasa Campbell [otd 04/06]
Amasa Campbell. Illustrated History.Mining investor and executive Amasa B. Campbell was born April 6, 1845 in Salem, Ohio, about twenty miles southwest of Youngstown. In 1862, he took a clerk’s job at...
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School Superintendent and Probate Judge Thomas Jeffreys [otd 04/07]
Judge Jeffreys. Illustrated History.Thomas M. Jeffreys, Probate Judge and Washington County Superintendent of Public Instruction, was born April 7, 1852 in Yamhill County, Oregon. The family had moved...
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Physician, Drug Store Owner, and Rancher John Plumer [otd 04/08]
Dr. John J. Plumer, a pioneer physician in De Lamar and then Hailey, Idaho, was born April 8, 1860 in Edina, a rural corner of Missouri about 150 miles northwest of St. Louis. John received his...
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Americans and British-Canadian Fur Trappers Meet Along Portneuf River [otd...
Peter Skene Ogden.Oregon Historical Society.On April 9, 1826, Peter Skene Ogden, for whom the Ogden River is named, wrote in his journal, "About 10 a.m. we were surprised by the arrival of a party of...
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Cattle Growers Meet in Shoshone, Discuss Disease and Over-Grazing [otd 04/10]
The April 10, 1886 issue of the Owyhee Avalanche in Silver City, Idaho reported on the Annual Meeting of the Idaho Territorial Stock Growers' Association. The meeting took place in Shoshone. The...
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Narrow Gauge Railway Tracks Reach Eagle Rock (Idaho Falls) [otd 4/11]
In 1879, the Engineering and Mining Journal contained the following brief item: "Ogden, Utah, April 11 – The Utah & Northern Railway has been completed to Eagle Rock Bridge, Snake River, Idaho, 210...
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