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Spencer homestead and cabin, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek Item Info

Photo text: Photo text: 'Cabin on claim of Geo.W. Spencer, in Sec. 35, T. 45N., R. 2E. Located March 23, 1902. Photo October 31, 1905. at time of location the claimant was an invalid and died at St. Maries, Idaho, about October 5, 1905, up to which time his wife, afterwards a claimant as a widow of original claimant, had never been on the land. No record of ultimate outcome of this case.' Note: Marble Creek region homesteads at this time were often part of a homesteads fraud being documented by the US Forest Service.
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Title:
Spencer homestead and cabin, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1905
Description:
Photo text: Photo text: 'Cabin on claim of Geo.W. Spencer, in Sec. 35, T. 45N., R. 2E. Located March 23, 1902. Photo October 31, 1905. at time of location the claimant was an invalid and died at St. Maries, Idaho, about October 5, 1905, up to which time his wife, afterwards a claimant as a widow of original claimant, had never been on the land. No record of ultimate outcome of this case.' 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:
NARA0815DC16
Type:
image;stillimage
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
eng

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"Spencer homestead and cabin, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek", Archival Idaho Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/archivalidaho/items/archivalidaho521.html
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