Download PDF, EPUB, Kindle History of Idaho Volume 3; The Gem of the Mountains
Download PDF, EPUB, Kindle History of Idaho Volume 3; The Gem of the Mountains
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Author: James Henry Hawley
Page Count: 472 pages
Published Date: 21 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781236410450
File size: 10 Mb
File Name: History.of.Idaho.Volume.3;.The.Gem.of.the.Mountains.pdf
Download Link: History of Idaho Volume 3; The Gem of the Mountains
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...years of age he made his way westward to Colorado and at the age of eighteen took up his abode in Ada county, Idaho, making the trip to this state with his mother and stepfather, Robert Green, who, with the family, located on a forty acre tract of land in the same neighborhood in which Mr. Prickett now resides. In fact the latter's eighty acre ranch joined the forty acre tract. Much of the land was then in possession of the state and could be purchased at a low figure--about ten dollars per acre. Today it is worth three hundred dollars per acre. In 1902, when twenty years of age, Albert F. Prickett bought his eighty acre ranch for fifty dollars per acre, at which time it was a wild and undeveloped tract all covered with sagebrush save ten acres. He bought the property on time, and such was his recognized ability that the bargain was completed although he had not yet attained his majority. He had some assistance from the late Horace Oakes, who lived in the vicinity. Mr. Prickett at once occupied his farm, on which stood a little frame house. There he kept "bachelor's hall" for seven years, but grew tired of living alone and on the 25th of December, 1907, was united in marriage to Miss Erma Gekeler, the youngest daughter of David Gekeler, a pioneer of that locality and now a prominent and well known citizen, still residing on the Gekeler homestead just across the road from the Prickett ranch. Erma Gekeler was born upon that ranch February 1, 1882, and by her marriage has become the mother of four children: Albert Marion, who was born September 23, 1908; Catherine, torn March 3, 1911; Carrie Belle, September 19, 1913; and John P., October 9, 1918. Mrs. Prickett has lived in the same neighborhood throughout her life, her present home being only a half...
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History of Idaho Volume 3; The Gem of the Mountains by James Henry Hawley
Author: James Henry Hawley
Page Count: 472 pages
Published Date: 21 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781236410450
File size: 10 Mb
File Name: History.of.Idaho.Volume.3;.The.Gem.of.the.Mountains.pdf
Download Link: History of Idaho Volume 3; The Gem of the Mountains
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...years of age he made his way westward to Colorado and at the age of eighteen took up his abode in Ada county, Idaho, making the trip to this state with his mother and stepfather, Robert Green, who, with the family, located on a forty acre tract of land in the same neighborhood in which Mr. Prickett now resides. In fact the latter's eighty acre ranch joined the forty acre tract. Much of the land was then in possession of the state and could be purchased at a low figure--about ten dollars per acre. Today it is worth three hundred dollars per acre. In 1902, when twenty years of age, Albert F. Prickett bought his eighty acre ranch for fifty dollars per acre, at which time it was a wild and undeveloped tract all covered with sagebrush save ten acres. He bought the property on time, and such was his recognized ability that the bargain was completed although he had not yet attained his majority. He had some assistance from the late Horace Oakes, who lived in the vicinity. Mr. Prickett at once occupied his farm, on which stood a little frame house. There he kept "bachelor's hall" for seven years, but grew tired of living alone and on the 25th of December, 1907, was united in marriage to Miss Erma Gekeler, the youngest daughter of David Gekeler, a pioneer of that locality and now a prominent and well known citizen, still residing on the Gekeler homestead just across the road from the Prickett ranch. Erma Gekeler was born upon that ranch February 1, 1882, and by her marriage has become the mother of four children: Albert Marion, who was born September 23, 1908; Catherine, torn March 3, 1911; Carrie Belle, September 19, 1913; and John P., October 9, 1918. Mrs. Prickett has lived in the same neighborhood throughout her life, her present home being only a half...
Read online History of Idaho Volume 3; The Gem of the Mountains Buy and read online History of Idaho Volume 3; The Gem of the Mountains Download and read History of Idaho Volume 3; The Gem of the Mountains for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook History of Idaho Volume 3; The Gem of the Mountains