Idaho City, Idaho
Idaho City is something you what to do when in the Boise
area of Idaho.
June 14, 2007.
We are staying at Garrity
RV-Park in Nampa 10-miles west of Boise.
It was $21 per-night for FHU & Cable while every place else in
the area seemed to start at $26 and rapidly go up. Garrity was just
fine. It was clean, well managed, the sites were close but we were
not there and didn't go outside except when heading to and from the
automobile. There was a good number of permanent or long term in the
campground but they were being managed properly thus were no problem.
We would stay at Garrity again but those that like to spend the day
and evening under the awning sipping cool ones might rather be in
one of the other area parks. N43° 35.245' W116° 31.592'
When we headed out from Nampa this morning a Crop duster was spraying
a field near the RV Park.
Crop duster over bean field near Nampa, Idaho
Near Nampa and our RV-Park we stopped to watch this crop duster flying
low over a field of beans.
This pretty flower is syringa the state flower of Idaho.
We see it at elevations around 4,000 feet.
The individual that discovered the gold that made Idaho City
never got to spend it.
Idaho City
This area was the scene of one of Idaho's largest gold rushes. The
population of Idaho City
exploded to nearly 5,300 in 1863 and by 1865 the boomtown of Idaho
City surpassed Portland as the Pacific Northwest's largest
city. However, by 1870, many miners had moved on to other fields in
Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.
Idaho City eclectic individual
Today, Idaho
City is a magnet for eclectic individuals such as the one
that owns this home. I am guessing that it is a home, for all I know
it might be a shop.
Calamity Jane's in Idaho City
Calamity Jane's in Idaho
City.
Calamity Jane's in Idaho City
We stopped for lunch at Calamity Jane's, a rustic place, catering
to tourist and locals alike. The food was nothing special. I did like
this wooden boot and the unique bar stools. We even liked the massive
tables. Note that they are made out of 2 huge boards at least 4"
thick and 18" wide glued together in the middle.
Stamp mill on display at Idaho City, Museum
This stamp mill was on display at the local museum. Stamp mills were
used to crush ore bearing rock containing gold. This was the method
of releasing gold from the quartz rock. For those mechanically inclined
individuals ----- a steam engine would provide power that would turn
that large wheel by a large leather belt. The wheel turned those large
cams on the horizontal shaft. The cams lifted the two vertical rods
that have 1,000 pound stamps on the bottom. The cam lifted those stamps
about 18-inches then rotated out of the way and the stamp fell on
the gold bearing rock crushing it to almost dust.
One can only imagine the noise and dust created in this operation.
Many stamp mills had 20 to 30 stamps thus the noise and dust would
be multiplied accordingly.
Until next time remember how good life is.
Mike & Joyce Hendrix
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