All of the items mentioned below in my blog were purchased by me as a lot on eBay.
I find a lot of items related to our family and Idaho history but to find these personal mementos that at one time belonged to my great grandfather, great grandmother and their children was quite a surprise. Typically items such as this would have been retained and preserved. I suspect these got separated somewhere in the course of death, divorce, relocation, estate sales and perhaps even theft. I am always saddened when I see things of a very personal family nature going to the highest bidder and was afraid the same was going to happen here. Love it or hate it, eBay is now the world's garage and estate sale and anything is possible. I had to pay a price but was delighted that I was the high bidder on this one and these items were able to find there way back to the family.
As a side note, many of the documents related to the Steunenberg administration andCoeur d’Alene mining issues are at the College of Idaho archives.
As a side note, many of the documents related to the Steunenberg administration and
Other sites of interest include:
If you haven't been to the site yet, your will want to check out Assassination: Idaho 's Trial of the Century. (Many more links of interest are listed here under "resources"). I recommend supporting public television by purchasing the DVD of the program. It was a lot of fun to contribute and I even got a few seconds of on screen fame!
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