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"Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains"

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 Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains
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By Robert Edmund Strahorn. The Resources and Attractions of Idaho Territory . Facts Regarding Climate, Soil, Minerals, Agricultural and Grazing Lands, Forests, Scenery, Game and Fish, and Reliable Information on Other Topics Applicable to the Wants of the Homeseeker, Capitalist and Tourist. Published and Circulated by Direction of the Idaho Legislature Special Act of the 11th Session. Boise City : Idaho Legislature, 1881. 88 pp., engraved text illustrations (some full page, including Karst and Manz), tables, folded lithograph map: Map of Idaho Territory Compiled from Government Notes, Actual Surveys, and Personal Examination. By Robt. E. Strahorn. 1882 Matthews, Northrup & Co., Engrs. Map of the Union & Central Pacific, Railroads. Spine moderately chipped, wrappers slightly wrinkled and with a few minor spots, interior fine except for a few scattered pencil markings, folded map very fine. Two contemporary rubber ink stamps on upper wrapper, both for Union Pacific Railroad offices in Denver. Contemporary ink signature of James L. Onderdonk, who wrote the digest of Idaho laws on pp. 85-88. First edition, but without the ads and errata slip sometimes found in copies.



Strahorn, who was been called “The Propagandist of the West” (Oliver Knight, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, January, 1968), has produced another promotional supposedly issued by the Territory of Idaho, but in reality put forth by his railroad employer, who hoped that the increased traffic caused by this publication would be reflected favorably in its bottom line.

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State: Idaho,
Date: 1881

FHWAC#: 26828