—Oro Fino — Lewiston — Very Rich Diggings — California Eclipsed —Salmon River Mines — Political Effect — Winter Sufferings — Powder and John Day Rivers — Florence and Warren Diggings — Boise Mines — Organization of the Territory of Idaho 227
Effect of Territorial Division — Election of Delegate — Negro Suffrage — Party Politics — The Legislature — Peace and Progress — Steamboating — Navigation Companies — Clearing Rivers — Public Buildings — Insane Asylum and Penitentiary — Legislative Divorces — Government Reservations — Judicial Affairs — Another Delegate — Governor Flanders — Governor Salomon — Governor Ferry — Governor Newell — Era of Railways — More Elections — Political Platforms — Convention — Woman's Rights — Legislature 264
PROGRESS AND STATEHOOD.
Remarkable Growth of the Territory — Demand for Statehood — Enabling Act — State Convention — Character of the Delegates — Constitution Ratified — Waiting for a Proclamation — Meeting of First State Legislature — Character of Members — Unexpected Delay of the Presidential Proclamation — Election of Senators 301
Territorial Limits — The World's Wonder-land — Rivers, Mountains, and Valleys — Phenomenal Features — Lava-fields — Mineral Springs — Climate — Scores of Limpid Lakes — Origin of the Name 'Idaho' — Indifference of Early Immigrants — Natural Productions — Game — Food Supply — Fur-bearing Animals — First Mormon Settlement — County Divisions of Idaho as Part of Washington 393
Mineral Discoveries — Counties and Towns — Immigration — Routes to the Mines — Indian Wars — Forts — Quartz- mining — Companies and Claims — More Town-building — Stage-roads — Sliding Clubs — Traffic and Travel — Oregon versus California — Mail Contracts — Prospecting and Mining— New Districts— Output of Precious Metals. 406
