Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Peterson, Frank Ross

Idaho a bicentennial history by Frank Ross Peterson - New York W.W. Norton & Company Inc 1976 - 203 p.

Includes Index

Invitation to the reader; Idaho: Nature's gift to man; Discovery and exploration; God+Gold=Territory; The clash of read and white; The creation of a state: Railroads and mines; Economic lifeblood: water and timber; A chaotic twenty years: depression and new deal; The politics of diversity; Idaho: A beacon for the future; Suggestions for further reading; Index

A native historian examines the states heritage and way of life as well as its role in the nations development.

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Idaho--History

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