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Custer County Idaho Offers Vast Inducements to Settlers
The article extols Custer county Idaho and its towns Challis Mackay and Bayhorse, tracing mining growth from placer to quartz since 1862, noting 5000 residents, extensive mining districts, mills and smelters, and vast irrigable lands fed by Salmon river. It highlights Agriculture, stock-raising, climate, schools, timber, and railroad links as factors shaping a rich, developing economy.
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Gunter County
Idaho
Gennral Custer
Montana
Stanley Basin
Loon Creek
Quarts
Custer County
Tme
Challis
Mackay
Honeton
Clayton
Bopanzwa
Custer
Stanley
Big Lost River
Thousand Spring
Round
Pahsamaroi
Hast Fork
Antelope
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Blackfoot
Oyster County
Paines
Ita
Morgan Creek
Garden Creek
Bayhorse
Poverty Flat
Centennial Flat
Slate Creek
Thompson Creek
Robingon Bar
Fisher
Sheep Mountain
Seafoam
Washington Basin
Yankee Fork
Lucky Boy
Bay Horse
Sawtooth Mountains
Wood River
Samon
Counry
Cugter
Churlig