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First cabin on McGuire homestead, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek Item Info

Title:
First cabin on McGuire homestead, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1914
Description:
Photo text: 'First cabin on James R. McGuire homestead, August 11, 1914. Used as his 'jome' from date of location, fall 1901 to fall 1905, when new cabin was constructed. On October 16, 1905, this cabin, his 'home', had no floor, no door, poorly chinked and not mudded. No clearing around cabin, and no cultivation. McGuire is a saloon keeper at Clarkia, Idaho. The opening for a door is little over 4 feet high.' Note: Marble Creek region homesteads at this time were often part of a homesteads fraud being documented by the US Forest Service.
Subjects:
cabin claim pioneer settlers homesteads homesteaders false fake USFS lawsuit
Location:
St. Joseph National Forest, Idaho
Idaho County:
Shoshone County
Features:
Marble Creek
Latitude:
47.25075
Longitude:
-116.02043
Source:
NARA College Park RG 95; Box 51
Source Identifier:
NARA0815DC25
Type:
image;stillimage
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
eng

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Source
Preferred Citation:
"First cabin on McGuire homestead, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek", Archival Idaho Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/archivalidaho/items/archivalidaho141.html
Rights
Rights:
Material determined to be in Public Domain based on date of publication. Material made available by the University of Idaho Library. Please note these materials are not held by University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives. For more information, please contact the institution listed in the Source.
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/