The city of Hailey was
founded in 1881, and became the first city in the state to have an
electric light system, as well as the first telephone exchange. This
beautiful map provides a look back to the early beginnings of the city.
Complete reference list below.
Map includes the following booster statement:
Wood River.
The Wood River Valley is located near the center of Alturas County,
Idaho Territory, in the heart of an immense Mining and fine Agricultural
District. Its easily developed and well-paying mines have attracted the
attention of capitalists, and the out-put of mining camps, only in their
infancy, support not only several good-sized towns with thriving
business men located to stay; but a long and finely equipped line of
railroad, built by the sagacity and enterprise of the Union Pacific
Railway. It is certainly a poor man's paradise. Mines that pay from the
grass roots. Thousands of acres of land produced fabulous crops with
ordinary cultivation, and a home market paying good prices and steady
demand. Hailey, the town shown in the foreground of the accompanying
lithograph, is the most popular and thriving town in the Wood River
Valley. In every thing it is abreast of the times, and its steady growth
will, in a time not far distant, place it among the largest cities of
the North-West.
Features numbered & lettered
references to the following locations:
1. County
Court House ; brick and stone ; cost, $45,000.
2. Strahorn
Hotel. Brick.
3. Merchant's Hotel.
4. Hailey Hotel.
Stone Building.
5. Nevada House.
6. K.M.C.B. Brick
Block.
7. The United States Land Office.
8. Post
Office and Pacific Express.
9. "Bullion Block." First Brick
Building on Wood River.
10. Office of Wood River News Miner. Brick
Block.
11. Hailey Theatre.
12. School House. Brick.
13. New
Passenger Depot. Stone Building.
14. Catholic Church.
15.
Strahorn Block. Brick.
16. Wood River Times Building.
17.
"Inter-Idaho" Office.
18. The first building in Hailey.
19. The
Idaho Forwarding Company's Warehouses.
20. The Hailey Iron Works.
Branch of Colorado Iron Works.
21. Copper Smelter.
22. Hailey
Sampling Works. Capacity, 250 tons per day.
23. Oregon Short Line
Railway. The model road of the NW.
24. Quigley Gulch.
25.
Quigley's Ranch.
26. Camas Prairie, 15 miles from Hailey.
A-
Croy Gulch, named after C.P. Croy, first settler
B- Smith's
Mineral Hot Springs, the great health restorative resort of the
northwest. One and one-half miles from Hailey. J.L.G. Smith, proproetor.
C-
Lamb's Milk Ranch. The first log cabin built on Wood River ; built by
C.P. Croy in the fall of 1879.
D- Gillman City, a small town at
the mouth of Bullion Canon.
E- Bullion, location of some of
Wood River's largest mines.
F- Rowe's Saw Mill.
G-
Bullion Road.
H- Board's Planing and Saw Mill.
J-
C.P.Croy's present ranch.
K- Belle Isle Mine.
L-
Carbonate Hill.
M- Foot of Della Mountain.
N- Deer
Creek, another large mining district.
O- Bledsoe's Ranch.
P-
Continuation of Wood River Valley Road
Q- A few peaks of the
Sawtooth Range, a large mineral district 60 miles from Hailey.
R-
East fork of Wood River. "Fine Mines."
S- Timber Gulch.
T-
Greenhorn Gulch.
U- Hailey Concentrating Works.
V-
Alturas Water Company's Reservoir.
W- Tucker's Ranch and Indian
Creek.
X- Gimlet City and large R.R. Bridge.
Y- Idaho
& Oregon Land Improvement Co.'s Ditch.
Z- Hailey Race Track. |
|
| Item# |
Size |
Shp Wt |
Price |
Click to buy |
| 1W-ID-HA-1884-S |
24" x 19" |
2 lbs |
$29.95 |
 |
| 1W-ID-HA-1884-M |
36" x 28" |
2 lbs |
$44.95 |
|
| 1W-ID-HA-1884-L |
42" x 33" |
4 lbs |
$59.95 |
|
| 1W-ID-HA-1884-XL |
53" x 42" |
4 lbs |
$79.95 |
|
| |
|
Click here to see our collection of
Idaho Historical Maps |
|
Click here to see our entire Historical Map Collection |
|
|
|
All reproduction prints are printed as "museum quality",
using advanced ink formulas and durable museum quality paper. The
reproduction prints reflect the state of repair of the original conserved
document. Stains and imperfections reflected in the original map
at the time it was collected for conservation are left un-retouched, as
they reflect the character and charm of the vintage original. Some major imperfections, such as dark fold lines have been removed when
possible. Maps are printed as ordered and are not returnable unless
received damaged. |
|
