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Custer County Idaho Faces Vast Growth and Rich Resources
Custer County Idaho offers vast inducements to settlers with rich mining districts and expansive grazing lands. The county, created 1879, spans about 5000 square miles and hosts towns Challis Mackay Houston Bay horse Clayton Bonanza Custer Stanley. It harbors copper gold and silver mines in Mackey Morgan Creek Bayhorse and Yankee Fork districts, plus several mills and smelters. Agriculture, irrigation, and stock-raising drive the economy with a growing tax base, schools, and transportation prospects on the Oregon Short Line.
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Custer County
Idaho
General Custer
Montana
Stanley Basin
Loon Creek
Challis
Mackay
Houston
Clayton
Bonanza
Custer
Stanley
Big Lost River
Thousand Spring
Round
East Fork
Antelope
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Oregon Short Line
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Blackfoot
Caster County
Mackey
Morgan Creek
Garden Creek
Bayhorse
Poverty Flat
Centennial Plat
Slate Creek
Thompson Creek
Robinson Bar
Fisher
Sheep Mountain
Seafoam
Washington Basin
Yankee Fork
Lucky Boy
Clayton Concentrator
S&mton
Caster