Welcome to the Digital Collections of the Nampa Public Library
The Oral History Collection presents recordings of interviews of long-term residents of Nampa compiled to celebrate Nampa's Centennial year in 1985.The Historic Photo Exhibit are photos gathered in 1985 which highlight life in Nampa from the the 1880s to the 1980s.
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Photos collected in the mid-1980s depicting life in Nampa Idaho from 1880s to the mid 20th Century. Note: Many subjects/people have...
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In 1883, the Oregon Short Line Railway, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad, extended its tracks through what would become Canyon County,…
The First McKeen Motor Car #1 or U.P. #1, was the only McKeen Car to have a single two axle truck, the only one to have a wood body, and was the…
As the name suggests, railyard freight houses were built to hold goods shipped by train and were designed to aid the transfer of merchandise unloading…
Coal was the primary fuel for steam locomotives. The coal was burned in a firebox, heating water in the boiler to create steam; steam drove the…