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Playing pool and drinking were popular entertainment prior to the prohibition.
The Dewey Palace Hotel was completed in December 1902 at cost approximately $250,000 to construct. [A value of approximately $9,235,000 in 2025 USD]…
Margaret Goering, born in Nampa, remembers the early years, especially her time singing with the Musettes.
Helen describes her experiences growing up and attending school in Nampa, and the games children would play together. She recalls the hardships she…
Marie discusses her experiences attending University of Idaho in the 1920s, and her later work managing a lumberyard and serving on the board for the…
Clyde was a lifelong farmer in Nampa. He discusses the various crops he grew over the years, challenges including droughts and coyotes, and how…
Wilma describes growing up in Nampa after moving to the area with her family at a young age. She details her school experience as well as what youth…
Lela and Charles describe Nampa’s development over time, commenting on various local businesses and industries, as well as the development of roads…
Margaret Dunbar shares history of her mother, Jessie Louise Ruse Heithecker and her family in the 1920’s along with her early memories of Nampa.…
Ernest arrived in Nampa by train in 1915 and purchased land in the Deer Flat area for farming. His wife Luzean and baby daughter, Alta arrived shortly…
Trip to Arrowrock Dam took two days. It was a family, cousin picnic. Truck was probably the same one used by Martin Dobbs to move his family to Nampa.…