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Silver City,ID - Owyhee County - c1880 - Silver City Photograph *Territorial* :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
Silver City,ID - Owyhee County - c1880 - Silver City Photograph *Territorial* :
Photograph overlooking the valley containing Silver City. Measures 8 1/2" x 7", mounted on dark olive cardstock measuring 12" x 10". Contrast is medium, with some yellowing and fading in the upper third of the image. The focus is good. Quite a few small spots are visible against the mountains and skyline in the background, otherwise very fine. The matte is also in good condition, with some wear noted on all four corners. "Hotel" and "Bank are written in pen on two of the buildings, while two small arrows appear to point out a building and a road. "Hedum, Silver City, Idaho," imprinted on lower right corner. "Silver City, Idaho" is handwritten in pencil on the reverse. Cannot be verified. Charles C. Hedum was a partner in Hedum & Bishop, c1895-98 in Delamar and Silver City [Ref: Mautz, 1997, p. 205]. Silver City, located in Owyhee County, hit its peak in the 1880s. A gold and silver mining town, it had a population of around 2,500 and approximately 75 businesses. Silver City was the county seat from 1867 to 1934, at which time it was moved to Murphy. The city's distinctions include having the first telegraph service in Idaho. A line was built north from Winnemucca, Nevada, in 1874, and in 1875 the line was continued from Silver City to Boise City. Another first was the printing of a daily newspaper, The Idaho Avalanche, edited by W. J. Hill in 1874. Considered one of the best of the early papers in the West, it was also the first daily newspaper in Idaho Territory [Ref: ghosttowngallery.com/htme/silvercityid].