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CRAIGMONT IDAHO LOCAL PHOTO-ILLUSTRATED HISTORY BOOK NEZ PERCE HIGHLANDS 1963 VF

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  • Type: TOWN HISTORY BOOK
  • Region of Origin: Idaho
  • Condition: VF+
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    Description

    HERE’S A RARE
    1963
    1
    st
    EDITION IDAHO LOCAL PHOTO-ILLUSTRATED HISTORY BOOK TITLED:

    Highlands of Craig Mountain

    A local history book featuring the area of Craigmont, in Lewis County, Idaho. The book contains a well-illustrated history of the area, family stories, maps, photos and pictures.
    It starts with the Nez Perce War, and then gets into the history of the stage line towns, logging, farming, infamous crimes, and area fun.
    Its publication coincided with the centennial of the creation of Idaho Territory (1863-1963), and started as a Highland high school senior english project.
    NOTE:
    Included with the book is an autograph note (unsigned) from a member of the Senior High School project.
    Condition:
    167 pp., A tight, clean, unmarked book (VF+ condition).
    A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR STATE OF IDAHO HISTORICAL BOOK, MANUSCRIPT & LIBRARY COLLECTION.
    HISTORY OF CRAIGMONT
    Craigmont
    is a city in the northwest United States in
    Lewis County
    ,
    Idaho
    . Located on the
    Camas Prairie
    in
    north central Idaho
    , it is within the
    Nez Perce Indian Reservation
    .
    The city is named for Colonel William Craig (1809–69), a
    mountain man
    who had a
    Nez Perce
    wife. He settled at
    Lapwai
    near his father-in-law Hin-mah-tute-ke-kaikt or James in 1840 when he gave up being a fur trapper due to the collapse of the market for beaver.
    The
    Nez Perce Reservation
    was opened to white settlement 126 years ago in 1895, and a town named "Chicago," a mile west of the current Craigmont, was founded in 1898. In response to not getting their mail from the
    post office
    , it was renamed "Ilo" four years later, after Ilo Leggett, daughter of town founder and merchant W.O. Leggett. A fire burnt the town in 1904 and shortly thereafter the
    Camas Prairie Railroad
    bypassed the town and started a settlement, platted by Lewiston financier John P. Vollmer, on the northeast side of the railroad tracks, and he named it "Vollmer." Ilo responded and moved its community to the southwest side of the tracks, adjacent to Vollmer. After a decade-long feud and the consolidation of the school districts, the communities merged in 1920 to become Craigmont.
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    Highland School
    is a
    public school
    in
    Craigmont, Idaho
    , the only school in the Highland Joint School District #305. Located on the
    Camas Prairie
    in rural
    Lewis County
    in the
    north central
    part of the state, it is often referred to as "Highland-Craigmont" to distinguish it from the larger and later established
    Highland High School
    in
    Pocatello
    . The
    school colors
    are black and gold and the mascot is Harold the
    husky
    .
    In addition to Craigmont, the school district draws from
    Reubens
    ,
    Winchester
    , and Melrose
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