This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Personal Recollections of Life in Idaho in Pioneer Days
A survivor recalls the 1888 grasshopper invasion on Camas Prairie Idaho. He details egg laying in dry growth, severe winter freezes, crop damage, mining labor along Wood River, Mormon camp life and a stay with a Salt Lake City literate landlady, and the 1890 resurgent pest with government curiosity and limited relief. He ends by moving to Watauga County North Carolina.
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Idaho
Camas Prairie
Wood River
Hailey
East Fork Mining Co
Utah
Salt Lake City
America
Praire
Chamber of Commerce
Mormon State
Agricultural Department
Washington
California
Kansas
U. S
Watauga County
N. C
Marcus Whitman
Oregon
Paul Revere
Middlesex
Lexington
Shenandoah Valley
Sheridan
Whitman
White House
Walla Walla
Fort Hall
Great Salt Lake
Santa Fe
St. Louis
Great Britain
Jackson
McDuffie
South Carolina
Hole
Rocky Mountains
Dayton
New Jersey
Sahara Desert
Thomas Benton
Rockies
Terminus
Webster
Tyler
Daniel
New England
Newfoundland