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Francis Marion Ruse married Idah Dryden Ruse, May18, 1881 in Silver City, Idaho prior to homesteading in Nampa. They build at two-story house at 16th…
In 1899, Andre Rivett brought his family from Montreal, Quebec, Canada and purchased 60 acres of sagebrush land on what is now Greenhurst Road. His…
In 1890, Robert and wife Victoria moved with their family when Robert was hired as head on the newly established University of Idaho botany…
Jacob and Polly Miller moved to Nampa in 1899. Jacob died in 1900, thus Polly ran the farm with her three eldest sons.
Owned homestead on present site of Karcher Mall, Nampa. The Karchers were amongst the earliest residents in Nampa.
Evelyn, Maurice, Raymond, Ed and R.E. Gilmore pose in front of the three- seated truck they drove from Wichita, Kansas to Nampa. Mr. Gilmore adapted…
Nampa's town founder. In 1885 he took out a homestead on land where Nampa is now located.
Homer & Lottie Digg's first home. Covered wagons still in common use in this era.
Photo: Homer Diggs, Lottie Coe Diggs, Mae Diggs: (Homer's sister),…
The Agenbroads were early homesteaders in Nampa.
Prior to 1885, an unknown homesteader pauses from clearing sagebrush near what is now Lake Lowell.