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Joseph Russell cabin and homestead, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek Item Info

Title:
Joseph Russell cabin and homestead, possible false homestead claim, Marble Creek
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1905
Description:
Photo text: 'Home of Joseph Russell on Marble Creek in fall 1905. Very little improvements, cultivation or clearing up to present time. He is still a claimant for this land, and is now employed as a Railway mail Clerk working out of Spokane, Washington. An attempt to secure valuable timber land under homestead laws without even a colorable showing as to residence, cultivation or improvements. Purely a speculative venture. See his testimony before the Idaho Legislative Homestead Committee.' 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:
NARA0815DC20
Type:
image;stillimage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Joseph 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/archivalidaho220.html
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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.
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