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| This is really a nice Idanha collectible! |
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| Looking down Main Street toward the intersection with 7th Street. |
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| Interurban coming up Main Street |
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Looks like an early car parked on the street. Maybe Walter Sebree's down near where I believe the First National Bank was located and he was President? Here is an excerpt from an article appearing 1/18/15 in the Idaho Statesman written by historian Arthur Hart. Click here for the full article.
It was the wealthier and more adventuresome citizens who bought the
first cars, and the Idaho Statesman reported regularly on their
exploits. On Jan. 2, 1904, under the headline "SWELL AUTO" came this:
"Walter Sebree came over from Caldwell yesterday in his new automobile,
covering the distance in about two hours. The car is a handsome vehicle
of considerable size and good lines. It attracted much attention as it
stood on Eighth Street." Fast runs between towns were reported regularly
that year, as when E.H. Dewey and L.C. Van Riper came over to Boise
from Nampa in an hour and 10 minutes. (These "fast runs" averaged about
12.5 miles per hour.)
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| Saratoga Hotel on the right with the Caldwell Bank & Trust/Steunenberg Block on the opposite corner across 7th Street. |
