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Kildee log cabin and 'clearing', possible false homestead, Marble Creek Item Info

Title:
Kildee log cabin and 'clearing', possible false homestead, Marble Creek
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1909
Description:
Photo Text: 'Cabin and 'clearing' on claim of Nellie Kildee, May 31, 1909. Mrs. Kildee is still asserting her right to this land, yet at all times has resided at Wallace, Idaho, where she conducts a boarding or rooming house.' Note: Marble Creek region homesteads at this time were often part of a homesteads fraud being documented by the US Forest Service. The court found in favor of the State.
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:
NARA0815DC29
Type:
image;stillimage
Format:
image/jpeg

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Preferred Citation:
"Kildee log cabin and 'clearing', possible false homestead, Marble Creek", Archival Idaho Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/archivalidaho/items/archivalidaho324.html
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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:
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