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tingWoman 8am March 29 1865 Sporting Woman @Spor tary Smith leaving with a THE ULTIMATE HORNSWOGGLE Just saw Territorial Secre t Lewiston. #conniptionfi band of soldiers headed to Story Concept by JENNIFER K. BAUER Alonzo Leland Page design by BRIAN BEESLEY 0 @Alonzo_Leland_Esq 1pm March 29 1865 Inland 36 for inland360.com @Inland360 Soldiers slunk into Lewiston, ambushed sheriff’s guard and carried off the seal and as many re Where you wander for and gander cords as they could carry. #freshindignation Territory Lewiston, ril 14 @IDTerrSecretary Ap 17,633 Clinton DeWitt Smith 764 WERS e 42 OWING FOLLO TWEETS FOLL ’s welcome today in Boise. Among friends for first time sinc Dec7 Met a hero Caleb Lyons @CLyonofLyonsdale 360’s conclusion to how Lewiston lost the capital to #goodtimes al to Boise by buying new y. Celebrated signing bill moving capit arriving in territor at a governor. flashing red cravat. Boise knows how to tre Boise, if there had been social media in the 1860s #betterthanthistown il 14 Associated Press@ap Apr By JENNIFER K. BAUER / Inland360.com from Lewiston. Snake Oil Salesman@Snak eOilSale 2pm March 29 1865 art oln When we ended our story last week it was Nov. P Just saw soldier and Smith crossing on ferry into Wash. Territory. Happening Now: President Linc esidents of northern Idaho have a 14, 1864, and ’s second legislative #skedaddle #freshindignation shot at theater: long history of wanting to separate session was underway with Boise city founder V themselves from the southern half of H.C. Riggs introducing a bill proposing mov- http://bit.ly/1wwKr1 the state but it’s nothing new. Trouble ing the capital from Lewiston to Boise where the started more than 150 years ago when bulk of the territory’s population now resides. Clinton DeWitt Smith@ID TerrSecretary March 29 1865 Nov 15 H.C. Riggs @HCRiggs ooks like I will the capital was literally stolen Opponents call it 2“the sure death dose.” @BoiseCity retweeting by horseback unwise, just got knocked o my tal south. L No It’s o icial. Enough votes to move the capi rth Idaho Radiator@Nor thIdahoRadiator Oct e horse by tree. Seal enroute. POIDH 9 have to come through on my vow to name my next child Bois As last territorial property removed from Caleb Ly VIEW ALLTWEETS ons @CLyonofLyonsdale Lewiston Dec 27 1864 town recognizes federal authority, surrendering A restraining order? SRSLY? Getting death threats. Time to go duck without a murmur: hunting ;) http://bit.ly/1EuLhP9 North Idaho Radiator@Nor thIdahoRadiator March 30 Abe Home Find Friends ould not be done rable military force to achieve what c l Feds use intole s edition. @IdahoStatesman Oct. 9 Save Lewiston the TRUE capita ans. Read more about the capital theft in today’ Idaho Statesman by legal me As last territorial property removed from Abe Lincoln Lewiston, drunken judge raves and curses Edit Profile ar and profane manner. @Alonzo_Leland_Esq Dec 30 1864 in most vulg Alonzo Leland Lewiston. Attorneys flee courtroom in shame: News feed v. Lyon absquatulated Under the guise of duck hunting, Go ’s seal and archives. http://bit.ly/1xNPtHz Messages Putting six-man armed guard on Idaho Events Idaho Statesman @IdahoStatesman March 30 Find Friends Lewiston mob’s wrath knows no bounds. Town under arms seeking y March 2 1865 Clinton DeWitt Smith@IDT errSecretar whom to devour. Had not the courage to kill anybody, yet: ortLapwai. R if you go Headed into Lewiston. Shout out to soldiers @F http://bit.ly/1wU2cKz fail to return! JK Epilogue WHAT: “The Remember, plz burn the town if I After months of legal wrangling, on June 14, 1866, the Territo- Stealing of the eb 4 1865 Join Group ... rial Supreme Court decided in favor of Boise city, 2 to 1. It was @IDTerrSecretary F Capital,” play and Clinton DeWitt Smith not recorded as opinion and is known only because of newspaper Save Lewiston the TRUE capi dessert theater avel lecture (snore) byLy on who REFUSES tal, ... Members In Portland... for Holy Land tr Events Photos Files Search this group reports of the day. Clinton Dewitt Smith was reviled as a villain WHEN: 7:30 Join Group ” to get pumped up. p.m. Saturday to go to Lewiston w/ me. Listening to “Oh! Susanna in northern Idaho and died in 1865 in . Accounts about his death vary. , who always referred to himself WHERE: Orchid Lewiston, Idaho’s Capital City p Room, Morgans’ s Search this grou April 2 at 10:03azm Lewiston ID as Caleb Lyon of Lyonsdale, was governor until 1866. The States- Events Photos File Alley, 301 Main tal, ... Members man of Boise wrote: “Governor Lyon leaves Idaho the most thor- Save Lewiston the TRUE capi St., Lewiston In wake of recent tribulations visited upon our f oughly despised by all parties of any man who ever came here ... ” air city, Lewiston is sending resolutions to the national capit COST: $25 appealing for a territorial After his departure more than $46,000 was found to be missing governor and secretary who will show a small degree of manhood as o icials al single, $45 . from Indian funds. Idaho’s first Territorial Seal remains missing. double. Tickets Lewiston, Idaho’s Capital City Like . Comment . Share Sometime after 1913, Idaho’s First Territorial Capitol building was are available at Nov. 27 at 4:52pm Lewiston ID Rosauers until 6 al moving dismantled and used mainly for firewood. enders are making about the capit p.m. Friday. Because of claims pret 71 peopl e like this w Facebook page to thwart their e orts. OF NOTE: The to Boise we’ve created a ne alid because members of View 20 more comment event benefits The bill uppity Kale of Dale signed is inv Pomeroy, s t to take o ice. Thomas M. the First Idaho the lower House had ye aining Ora Lundblad ’s First District, has called for a writ restr Boise was the slowest city in the territory to contribute to the territorial Sources: “Theft of the First Great Seal of the Ter- Territorial Capitol attorney for Idaho treasury and always was in arrears. What will happen to our territory if they are in Interpretive Cen- etary from moving any territorial property ritory of Idaho — And the Rest of the Story” by John Gov. Lyon and his secr ase like our page. control? Mock; “Idaho Country” by Margaret Day Allen and ter in Lewiston. until these legal di iculties are resolved. Ple More information April 2 . Like Ladd Hamilton; Idaho State Historical Society Refer- . is available by Like Shar e ence Series; “: A Narrative Account of August Kleininberg its Historical Progress” by Hiram Taylor French. calling (208) 791- 56 people like this That city is full of secessionists. We have to fight this. 6028. y ugA 1 1864 April 3 at 9:45pm . Clinton DeWitt Smith@IDT errSecretar Like OMW to ID Territory for my new job. Hit maddening delays on plains! Hui Lee We should try to join . anama. #roadtripfromhell 360 / Thursday, November 13, 2014 Blaming Indians. Now going through P 360 / Thursday, November 13, 2014 10 April 3 at 7:10pm . Like 11