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Historic Firsts of Lewiston, Idaho: Unintended Greatness

By Steven D. Branting

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2013
ISBN
9781614238515, 9781609499129
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2468779 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-09-30 00:41:45
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Description

When a group of intrepid gold prospectors set up camp at the fork of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers in 1861, they expected to make camp for a night and move on. Instead, they made a town. It was an important—if unintended—accomplishment. And it was only the beginning of a long line of historic firsts for Lewiston, including the first capital, police department, newspaper and post office. Lewiston also boasted the state’s first brewery and first vigilante association, both founded in the same year, appropriately enough. Join local historian and lifelong educator Steven D. Branting as he offers the first-ever chronology of unprecedented events, accolades and incidents that shaped Lewiston and Idaho from the city’s founding to the present day.

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