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Stumps Root claim clearing, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek Item Info
- Title:
- Stumps Root claim clearing, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1909
- Description:
- Photo text: 'The clearing on the claim of George Root, May, 29, 1909, soon after he had sold his rights to the scrip for $8000. He had been in conflict with the scrip location.' 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:
- NARA0815DC22
- Type:
- image;stillimage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Language:
- eng
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Stumps Root claim clearing, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek", Archival Idaho Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/archivalidaho/items/archivalidaho559.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/