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Hartman shares she and her family’s experiences homesteading in Nampa in the early 20th century.
Howard shares his early memories growing up and attending school in Nampa. He describes his experiences doing work on his father’s farm. He attended…
Elmer Burri, who arrived in Nampa in 1917, shares life experiences in from early childhood. As part of the Historical Society, Burri helped save and…
Ben Waigand served two terms as Nampa’s mayor, and was one of the youngest mayors in the country at the time. He came to Nampa with his family at a…
Ernie Starr was the mayor of Nampa for twenty years, from 1961 to 1981, and afterward continued to serve on the city council. He shares some of his…
Schwartz recalls Nampa in the early twentieth century, sharing stories of the Great Depression, the railroad, and various memorable citizens.
Clyde was a lifelong farmer in Nampa. He discusses the various crops he grew over the years, challenges including droughts and coyotes, and how…
Gordan McDonald describes how Nampa grew and changed throughout his lifetime, detailing various landmarks such as the Dewey Palace and the Interurban…
![](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/76642/archive/square_thumbnails/855b55e9b2fe5427e126ec4058b03c55.jpg?Expires=1763596800&Signature=qmTqtBxwU1x9G11U5Fqak1wmvZp7f-TXZOrIB0KoCzcm3k%7EwIZiZeaQkgqMHF5eUa2NTd0IWFtOtoxRAcSzYCE6DL0fsWqmCYbtVM8v1J2DKZ0UjaxVWU8%7EgnxEIdM6f%7E-0x3VOoGYdPRplZJQlGyRib4X0kftV0rzwysItCZAT3nXFq49oia-HLUgwF1nt3aLoW5WG9VUEJdTKh4N3m1C9GlqxmptQrbTPIpyMsmbBKhtc%7EPzDEF4kTY1AOj2FjcbLw8BfZXG2qbMpmKELbg8HnWSDk2OeEKoIyn9%7EKKPuKgwPZWOh%7ENwf37RnCz19Sp3puO5z-CV20rUCZ9AAOAw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM "Nampa's "Popcorn Man" and his wife Lydia")
In the early 1900s, Wiley Henderson Oliver started a farm near Melba and began to grow popcorn. After World War I, he and his wife Lydia Catherine…
Panoramic view of sheep shearing camp at the New York Canal.
Two children standing in foreground with four horse drawn plows in background.
Albert August John Tiegs, his wife Anna Upham Tiegs moved to the Boise Valley with their five sons and one daughter in 1920. They settled on a farm on…
Hand labor supplemented mechanization on the 1950s farm.