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Welcome to Camas COUNTY In the early 1850’s
Goodale’s Cutoff was a heavily used emigrant route that ran the length of
Camas Prairie. During those years the
Bannock Indians would gather in the area during the summer and hunt wild life
and gather Camas (wild onion) and Yampas (wild
carrot) roots to store for winter use. Camas county is full
of history, stories, dreams and beauty. |
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Camas County was formed on February 6, 1917 from Blaine
County consisting of eleven hundred square miles. It has been under
the jurisdiction of ten separate counties, between 1843 and 1917.
They are in order of their creation; Champaign, Linn, Wasco,
Shoshone, Idaho, Boise, Alturas, Logan, Alta and Blaine, either by the first
Territory or State of Idaho. Alturas County was the second
largest county created by the first Territorial Legislative Assembly. Old Alturas
known as the "Empire" county, extending from Boise east to
the Little Lost River, north from the Sawtooth Range and south to the
Snake River. On December 11, 1882 at the 12th session of the Idaho Territorial
Legislative Assembly, a bill to create a county from the western
end of Alturas called Camas was introduced. Thus after a Long and
involved controversy concerning the creation of counties from the
original Alturas, Camas County was formed. The County seat is at Fairfield. Camas County consists of the small mining towns of Soldier,
now a ghost town. In 1883 Frank and Nettie Laurence lived on Soldier Creek
and built a home there. They died and are buried on soldier creek. The town seemed secure until the OSL by
passed it, going 2 miles south, residents and businesses vacated and moved to
the RR site and named the site New
Soldier, later re-naming it Fair Field. Corral sits in the S.W. in county. Hill City 14 miles S.W. of Fairfield first
named Prairie for Camas Prairie but changed to Hill City. Some of the early
settlers in 1885 were the Johnson brothers, George, Gustavis,
Lester, Bert, Lou and two sisters, Zena and Mrs. Monroe. Fairfield (formerly New Soldier). Magic is
in S.E. part of county on west side of Magic Reservoir, It had a post office
from 1913-1921. Although there was once nine small settlements or towns. Camas was named for the lily-like plant found in the area with
an edible bulb, gathered in the summer and used by the Bannock Indians and
then by settlers. . |
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This site updated March 10 2018 2014-2018
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Idaho Death
Index 1911-1951 and Death Notices |
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Idaho
Gen Web Archives Idaho Digital library ftp site Alturas
County Census, Land Records, WWI Draftees, Etc. (also check Blaine County) |
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The
Virtual Wall - Vietnam Casualties 508th
Parachute Infantry Regiment |
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Idaho
Penitentiary Inmates Files
1864-1975 |
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County
Clerk |
Camas
County Historical Society Fairfield
Train Depot Museum 120
Willow Ave. E., Fairfield, ID. 83327 |
Camas
County Public Library |
Books
to read (1)A brief History of Camas prairie Idaho
by Lucy M. Nelson. (2) The Gods of Soldier Mountains by Katherine Burns. (3)
History of Camas County Idaho by John F. Ryan. (4) Lasting legacy
1890-1900 Camas County by Nan Reedy
& Lena Nash Rice |
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