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SUMMARY:Idaho's Mining Heritage and Influence with Tom Blanchard
DESCRIPTION:Join Tom Blanchard\, a local expert on the history of mining in 
 the Wood River Valley\, Stanley Basin\, Yankee Fork and Bayhorse. In Tom's 
 words\, "What I've learned was that I could not understand the history of 
 our area without a knowledge of the mining history of Idaho and the west." 
 First gold\, then silver\, brought an influx of settlers to what was then 
 the Idaho Territory\, and while many of those original settlers moved on 
 when mining faltered\, their influence still holds sway in today's Idaho. 
 "Miners\, with their support communities\, were our “founding 
 fathers\,” bringing their values from the more developed regions of the 
 US. We still reflect those values in many ways." \n\nTom will focus on the 
 Yankee Fork mining area during this talk. The Yankee Fork dredge and its 
 operations and aftermath\, plus the towns of Bonanza and Custer will give 
 attendees a snapshot into one mining area that is a great example of the 
 effects mining has had on the development of so many areas in Idaho. His 
 decades of research will be shared and will be a great preview of a field 
 trip that is coming up on June 13 that will include a visit to the Yankee 
 Fork Dredge and to the ghost town of Custer. Sign up for the field trip 
 here.\n\nTom and his family moved to Bellevue fifty years ago where both he 
 and his wife Florence became involved with the local history and 
 politics.\n\nRegistration recommended to join us in person. To watch live 
 online (no registration needed): https://vimeo.com/event/5850726. The 
 recording will be available to watch later on The Community Library's Event 
 Archive.\n\nMore information will be released soon on the June 13 Mining 
 Field Trip - we will visit the Stanley Museum\, the Yankee Fork Dredge\, 
 and the ghost town of Custer.
LOCATION:John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, The Community Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
CATEGORIES:Regional History
CONTACT;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
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