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Idaho boom foretold by W C B Allen in Abilene
Idaho resources praised with a mining boom forecast for 1887 as W C B Allen of the Oregon Short Line details the region to Omaha Republicans. The piece highlights Wood River mining gains, new districts, livestock transport, lumber trade, colonization, and Idaho’s agricultural promise, urging settlement and investment across the Northwest.
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