{"id":147,"date":"2022-07-07T13:43:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idahocityhistoricalfoundation.org\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2023-04-02T10:05:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T16:05:51","slug":"idaho-city","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.idahocityhistoricalfoundation.org\/?page_id=147","title":{"rendered":"Idaho City"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"147\" class=\"elementor elementor-147\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a350039 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a350039\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b1b39a\" data-id=\"5b1b39a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a13187 elementor--h-position-center elementor--v-position-middle elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-slides\" data-id=\"5a13187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;transition_speed&quot;:1000,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"slides.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Historic Idaho City<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c31ba65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c31ba65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-095881b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"095881b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Boom Town<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5c96e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5c96e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>When gold was discovered in 1862, Idaho City was built nearly instantly. Originally known as Bannock, Idaho City became one of the largest cities in the Pacific Northwest. It&#8217;s population quickly swelled to approximately 7,000 with an estimated 25,000 individuals residing nearby. Idaho City was well known, a book published in Missouri detailing the route to the Idaho gold rush listed the capital of Idaho as Idaho City. Idaho City not only grew quickly but was also rebuilt many times as fires would break out. Because of fire, most of the historic buildings remaining were built of brick after the city was established.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef4567c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef4567c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b960bad\" data-id=\"b960bad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8556ee4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8556ee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the best depictions of how impressive Idaho City was is this Sanborn Map created in 1900 for fire insurance purposes. It&#8217;s important to note that by this time Idaho City had greatly diminished in population. As gold became harder to mine, the miners moved on. The map&#8217;s creator marked Idaho City&#8217;s population as 500, less than a tenth of the population just 6 years earlier.<\/p><p>Another interesting feature of this map is that the creator noted building occupied by Chinese, marked frequently as &#8220;Chine&#8221;. Idaho City had a very large Chinese population from 1864 to early 1900&#8217;s.\u00a0 Many of the original mining claims in 1862 were sold as the mining became more difficult, many to Chinese miners.<\/p><p>While this map shows a city with many saloons, black smiths, and services like laundry and restaurants, it&#8217;s important to remember this was mapped after over 90% of the population had left.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-405f922\" data-id=\"405f922\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-466302f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"466302f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1900FireInsuranceMap.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idahocityhistoricalfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FireMapSmall.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idahocityhistoricalfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FireMapSmall.png 575w, https:\/\/www.idahocityhistoricalfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FireMapSmall-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c57773c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c57773c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5230343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5230343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Near Ghost Town<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b95e97a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b95e97a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mining operations in the Boise Basin slowed significantly over time. As gold became increasingly difficult to mine, the large population of miners moved on. From 7,000 residents in 1864, 500 in 1900, down to 104 in 1920. A likely consideration for individuals was livelihood.\u00a0 With the gold rush over, the town had no major exports and no meaningful agriculture. It is likely many of the residents may have moved to Boise, which continued to grow. The Treasure Valley offered range land for animals and by 1910 had an irrigation system for farming. Boise&#8217;s population in 1920 was over 20,000. It&#8217;s important to note that just as Idaho City had a large Chinese population, so did Boise. Further developments in the city saw the destruction of most of the original Chinese structures though.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e6d05a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7e6d05a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c5270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5c5270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Modern Idaho City<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-338599a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"338599a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What remained of Idaho City&#8217;s historic downtown has been preserved over the years. Some buildings date back to the 1860&#8217;s. While many of the buildings are now newer, Idaho City maintains its historic look downtown. Visiting Idaho City is an amazing look back into the history of Idaho itself. Idaho City Historical Foundation is proud to work to preserve the properties it cares for, for the enjoyment of anyone interested in this history. Idaho City is a great town to explore, with many unique shops and great restaurants. If you plan to explore Idaho&#8217;s great outdoors, you should plan to stop in on the way.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous Next Historic Idaho City Boom Town When gold was discovered in 1862, Idaho City was built nearly instantly. 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