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May Agnes Russell cabin and homestead, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek Item Info
- Title:
- May Agnes Russell cabin and homestead, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1905
- Description:
- Photo text: 'Cabin in claim of May Agnes Russell. Located May 28, 1903. Photo, October 30, 1905. The schoolteacher type of homesteader, who spends portions of her 3 months summer vacation 'homesteading' here. Claim recently contested by scrip interests through Connolly Bros., timber dealers of Harrison, Idaho. Contest not yet heard. Presumably Connolly Bros. are attempting to force the homestead claimant to relinquish in their favor for some consideration.' 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:
- Marble Creek;Idaho;United States; St. Joseph National Forest;Idaho;United States
- Latitude:
- 47.25075
- Longitude:
- -116.02043
- Source:
- NARA College Park RG 95; Box 51
- Source Identifier:
- NARA0815DC21
- Type:
- image;stillimage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "May Agnes Russell cabin and 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/archivalidaho1047.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Material determined to be in Public Domain based on date of publication. Material made available by the University of Idaho Library. For more information; please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/