CRAIGMONT IDAHO LOCAL PHOTO-ILLUSTRATED HISTORY BOOK NEZ PERCE HIGHLANDS 1963 VF

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HERE’S A RARE
1963
1
st
EDITION IDAHO LOCAL PHOTO-ILLUSTRATED HISTORY BOOK TITLED:
“
Highlands of Craig Mountain
”
A local history book featuring the area of Craigmont, in Lewis County, Idaho. The book contains a well-illustrated history of the area, family stories, maps, photos and pictures.
It starts with the Nez Perce War, and then gets into the history of the stage line towns, logging, farming, infamous crimes, and area fun.
Its publication coincided with the centennial of the creation of Idaho Territory (1863-1963), and started as a Highland high school senior english project.
NOTE:
Included with the book is an autograph note (unsigned) from a member of the Senior High School project.
Condition:
167 pp., A tight, clean, unmarked book (VF+ condition).
A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR STATE OF IDAHO HISTORICAL BOOK, MANUSCRIPT & LIBRARY COLLECTION.
HISTORY OF CRAIGMONT
Craigmont
is a city in the northwest United States in
Lewis County
,
Idaho
. Located on the
Camas Prairie
in
north central Idaho
, it is within the
Nez Perce Indian Reservation
.
The city is named for Colonel William Craig (1809–69), a
mountain man
who had a
Nez Perce
wife. He settled at
Lapwai
near his father-in-law Hin-mah-tute-ke-kaikt or James in 1840 when he gave up being a fur trapper due to the collapse of the market for beaver.
The
Nez Perce Reservation
was opened to white settlement 126 years ago in 1895, and a town named "Chicago," a mile west of the current Craigmont, was founded in 1898. In response to not getting their mail from the
post office
, it was renamed "Ilo" four years later, after Ilo Leggett, daughter of town founder and merchant W.O. Leggett. A fire burnt the town in 1904 and shortly thereafter the
Camas Prairie Railroad
bypassed the town and started a settlement, platted by Lewiston financier John P. Vollmer, on the northeast side of the railroad tracks, and he named it "Vollmer." Ilo responded and moved its community to the southwest side of the tracks, adjacent to Vollmer. After a decade-long feud and the consolidation of the school districts, the communities merged in 1920 to become Craigmont.
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Highland School
is a
public school
in
Craigmont, Idaho
, the only school in the Highland Joint School District #305. Located on the
Camas Prairie
in rural
Lewis County
in the
north central
part of the state, it is often referred to as "Highland-Craigmont" to distinguish it from the larger and later established
Highland High School
in
Pocatello
. The
school colors
are black and gold and the mascot is Harold the
husky
.
In addition to Craigmont, the school district draws from
Reubens
,
Winchester
, and Melrose
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