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1989 Historic Resources Survey

Shortly after the Counci lwas created in 1988, a reconnaissance survey of historic resources was created.  The results of this survey are presented in the PDF files below.

Report plus Appendices A through C

Site Locator Map

Appendix D, Sites 1-27

Appendix D, Sites 28-64

Appendix D, Sites 65-97

Appendix D, Sites 98-137

Appendix D, Sites 138-174

A small sampling of the sites documented in this survey:

Basalt House on Cloverdale Rocky Canyon of Cottonwood Creek
Dallas-Forrey Lava Rock Structure on Cloverdale Road
Rocky Canyon of Cottonwood Creek (the Old Idaho City Toll Road), the Road to the Boise Basin Goldfields

Mora School (Built ca 1910, closed 1958) Interior of Diversion Dam on Boise River east of Boise
Mora School, Established ca. 1910, closed 1958 due to Contaminated Well
Generators in the Diversion Dam Powerplant.  The Diversion Dam Diverts Water from the Boise River to the New York Canal

 

 

 











 

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