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In 1874, at the age of two, J. O.'s mother, Lucy Titsworth, traveled by wagon train with her family to the Bruneau Valley. John Oscar Young is…
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…
Reverend Yoesel served as one of the head pastors of College Church of the Nazarene in the mid-1980s.
Joseph Morrison Woodland met Johanna Adelaar while serving his mission in the Netherlands for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He…
1927, J. A. Winther came to Nampa with his wife and family upon accepting the position of Nampa school music teacher. Mr. Winther taught all grades…
William Asa Wilcox married Elmira E. Hart in Logan, UT, 1903 and moved to Nampa briefly. The moved around a bit, before returning to Nampa in 1908,…
Dr. Henry Wesche, the eldest of four brothers, originally of Wisconsin, had served as a medical missionary in China (1926-1941,) but had to return the…
In 1908, Frank G. Stephens began planting 370 acres of orchard near Nampa.
Frank's father, Ezra F. Stephens was a nationally renowned horticulturist…
The Joseph Edward Sanderson family arrived in Nampa in 1928. Joseph was a cement finisher and worked on the 11th Avenue underpass. During the 1930, he…
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…
Tony Rodriguez moved from Texas in 1941 to work the sugar beet fields.
After serving in WWII Europe, he utilized the G.I. Bill to further his…
In 1917, the Riordans, with their youngest son, moved to Nampa. Benjamin (Ben) became the principal of Nampa High School. Ben became a lawyer and…
Ridenbaugh inherited the Morris Ditch in 1877. Water reached Nampa in Ridenbaugh Ditch in 1892.
Leonard Kyle Rapp came from Lincoln, Nebraska to Nampa with his family in March, 1920. Leonard was in construction most of his life and was appointed…