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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…
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…
2 men loading hay on a horse drawn wagon.
Panoramic view of sheep shearing camp at the New York Canal.
Two children standing in foreground with four horse drawn plows in background.
Five Tieg brothers pose on five John Deere tractors in a row - 1938.
From Left to Right: (unidentified man in back,) Mervin, Herbert, Leonard, Edward…
Farmers threshing wheat. Seven farmers standing in foreground with two children.
Hand labor supplemented mechanization on the 1950s farm.
John Brandt, born in Nampa in 1904, recalls his childhood and what life was like in early Nampa.
Leonard Bowles who moved to Nampa from Emmett in 1926 discusses early industry and life in Nampa.