vahlberg homestead, emmett, idaho, 1895. homestead patent 1889. ishs 78-164.56 The 1862 Homestead Act maY iDaHo arCHaeoLoGY 2012 & HiStoriC PreServation montH PreSENTATION: Home on the range— Boise and Vicinity the 1862 Homestead act by robert King, alaska BLm State archaeologist, Homestead Historian In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed PreSENTATION: Understanding Prehistoric Date: May 10, 7:00 p.m. into law the Homestead Act and opened up technology by Daniel meatte, Washington State Location: Idaho Historical Museum, 610 N. Julia Davis Parks Dr. federal land for settlement. This law gave each Date: May 2, 7:00 p.m. Sponsors: Idaho State Historical Society, Bureau of head of household—men, women, minorities, Location: Idaho Power Company Corporate Land Management or immigrants—a chance to own 160 acres for Headquarters, 1221 W. Idaho St. Contact: Mary Anne Davis, 208-334-3847 or Anne Schorzman, 208-334-2120 only the cost of the filing fee. Once the required Sponsor: Idaho Power Company Contact: Shane Baker, 208-388-2925 improvements were made to the homestead, the PreSENTATION: an eventful Journey to an claim could be patented. The homestead filings PreSENTATION – fettUCine FORUm: idaho Homestead by mary anne Davis and ann started on January 1, 1863. The final homestead What the Heck is the HPC? Learning, Living, Swanson, idaho State Historical Society Date: May 15, 6:30 p.m. claim was filed in Alaska in 1974. During the and Loving Boise’s Historic Districts moderated by amy Pence-Brown Location: Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Rd. homestead era, settlers claimed over 270 million Date: May 3, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Sponsors: Ada Community Library, Idaho State acres across the country. The statistics for Idaho Location: Rose Room in the Union Block, Historical Society are impressive: 518 W. Idaho St. Contact: Diane Rice, 208-362-0181 Sponsors: Boise State University Center for History and arCHaeoLoGY DaYS!: investigating the Politics, Boise City Department of Arts and total: 60,221 homestead claims Cyrus Jacobs-Uberuaga House total acres in State: 52,960,640 History Contact: Brandi Burns, 208-433-5676 Date: May 17 – 20 total acres homesteaded in State: 9,733,455 Check out Arts & History website throughout the month to learn more Location: Cyrus Jacobs-Uberuaga House, Basque total percentage of idaho homesteaded: 18% about the Homestead Act and historic preservation in Idaho: http://www. Block, 607 Grove St. boiseartsandhistory.org. Sponsors: Idaho Archaeological Society, Basque Join us as we commemorate the passage of the Museum and Cultural Center Homestead Act and remember the settlers that CHiLDren’S WorKSHoP: Listen – oral Contact: Marc Munch, 208-921-0368 Contact Marc Munch if you would like to volunteer as space is limited made the journey to Idaho and started anew. History training for Youth Date: May 5, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon and a full day commitment is required. Children 8-16 years old are Plan to attend one of the events scheduled Location: Idaho State Historical Museum, welcome with an adult. Public tours daily during project at 11:00 a.m. throughout Idaho celebrating Idaho’s archaeol- 610 N. Julia Davis Dr. and 3:00 p.m. ogy and history. For more information contact Sponsor: Boise City Arts and History EVENT: 2012 orchids and onions annual the Idaho State Historical Society, 210 Main Contact: Amy Fackler, 208-433-5475 or [email protected] Preservation awards Street, Boise, Idaho 83702, 208-334-3847 or Workshop is free but registration is required. Date: May 19, 11:00 a.m. visit the web site: www.history.idaho.gov. Location: Masonic Temple, 215 N. 10th St. TOUr: Historic Bown House Sponsor: Preservation Idaho Date: May 5, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Contact: Kathleen Barrett, 208-424-5111 event Location: Bown House, east end of Park Center Blvd. [email protected] information on Riverside Elementary School Campus Contact Preservation Idaho for details about tickets. Sponsors: Boise School District, Assistance League of Boise PreSENTATION: finnish Homesteads in Almo Vicinity Contact: Juno Van Ocker, 208-336-2233 Long valley, idaho by frank eld, Long valley Private tours are booked upon request. Preservation Society HiKinG TOUr: Castle rocks State Park Date: May 22, 7:00 p.m. Date: May 26, 10:00 a.m. PreSENTATION: the architecture of the LDS in Location: Library! at Cole & Ustick, 7557 W. Ustick Rd. Location: Castle Rocks State Park, Big Cove Ranch Rd. idaho by Paul L. anderson, BYU museum of art Sponsors: Long Valley Preservation Society, Library! Sponsors: Castle Rocks State Park, City of Rocks Date: May 8, 7:00 p.m. at Cole and Ustick National Preserve Location: Please call for location or visit Contact: Sarah Chase, 208-570-6900 or Contact: Kristen Bastis, 208-824-5915 www.preservationidaho.org Mary Anne Davis, 208-334-3847 Sponsor: Preservation Idaho Contact: Kathleen Barrett, 208-424-5111 or Asotin, WA [email protected] Burley PreSENTATION: Hearths, Housepits, and WorKSHoP: Homestead records at the idaho PreSENTATION: ask an archaeologist: What’s Homesteads: 10,000 Years of Settlement in State archives with robert King, alaska BLm new at City of rocks? by Kristen Bastis, City of the Lewiston Basin by Ken reid, idaho State State archaeologist, Homestead Historian and rocks national Preserve Historical Society rod House, idaho State archives Date: May 10, 7:00 p.m. Date: May 24, 7:00 p.m. Date: May 9, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Location: Burley Public Library, 1300 Miller Ave. Location: Asotin County Library, 417 Sycamore St. Location: Idaho State Archives, 2205 Old Penitentiary Rd. Sponsors: Burley Public Library, City of Rocks National Sponsors: Asotin County Library, Idaho State Sponsors: Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Preserve Historical Society Historical Society Contact: Valerie Bame, 208-878-7708 or Contact: Jennifer Ashby, 509-758-5454 Contact: Mary Anne Davis, 208-334-3847 Kristen Bastis, 208-824-5915 Seating is limited. Please call to reserve a space. mann homestead at porter creek, jerusalem, idaho. homestead patent 1893. ishs 77-61-7 PreSENTATION: Communal Hunting on the Emmett Snake river Plain – investigations of an 8,000 Year old Bison Drive at the Wasden Site by marissa PreSENTATION: rock types Used for Historic Guenther, BLm Upper Snake river field office Buildings by margaret Stallknecht Date: May 17, 7:00 p.m. Date: May 3, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Location: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Grand Teton Location: Emmett Library, 275 S. Hayes Ave. Mall, 2300 East 17th Street Suite #1101 Sponsors: Gem County Rock and Gem Club, Emmett Sponsors: BLM Upper Snake River Field Office, Barnes Library and Noble Bookstore Contact: Margaret Stallknecht, 208-740-0937 Contact: Caaern Parsons, 208-552-1452 or Marissa Guenther, 208-524-7524 Grangeville PreSENTATION: idaho nuclear Laboratory – an open air museum by Hollie Gilbert, Brenda DiSPLaY: Proving Up- Homesteaders in the Pace, and Julie Williams, inL Selway river Country Date: May 23, 5:30 p.m. Date: May 1-31, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Mon - Fri Location: ISU University Place Auditorium, 1784 Caldwell Location: Nez Perce NF Headquarters Office, 104 Science Center Dr. Airport Rd. Sponsor: Idaho Nuclear Laboratory PreSENTATION and oPen HoUSe: Stone Sponsor: Nez Perce NF Contact: Julie Williams, 208-526-0926 Quarries and tools of the owyhees by Jan Contact: Cindy Schacher, 208-983-7012 Summers Duffy, orma J. Smith museum of Mackay Vicinity natural History and David valentine, idaho Hailey Power Company TOUr: mt. Borah ranch Date: May 5, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. PreSENTATION: an eventful Journey to an Dates: May 12, 11:00 a.m. Location: Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History – idaho Homestead by mary anne Davis and ann Location: Mt. Borah Ranch, 21 miles north of Mackay, Boone Science Hall at the College of Idaho Swanson, idaho State Historical Society Idaho on US 93 Sponsors: Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History, Sponsors: Salmon-Challis NF, South Custer Historical Idaho Power Company Date: May 17, 6:30 p.m. Location: Hailey Public Library, 7 W. Croy St. Society, North Custer Historical Society Contact: Jan Summers Duffy, 208-459-5507 Contact: John Rose, 208-879-4121 Meet the archaeologists and view artifacts in the collections. Sponsors: Hailey Public Library, Idaho State Historical Society Contact: LeAnn Gelskey, 208-788-2036 Cambridge Melba Vicinity WaLKinG TOUr: Historic old Hailey EVENT: vintage autos visit the Park WaLKinG TOUr: a tour of Cambridge’s early Date: May 26, 10:00 a.m. Date: May 5, cars begin arriving at 10:30 a.m. – Homes and Businesses Location: Blaine County Historical Museum, 218 N. Main St. 12:00 noon Date: On going, self-guided Sponsors: Blaine County Historical Museum, Hailey Location: Celebration Park, 5 miles south of Melba on Location: Pick up brochures at the Cambridge Historic Preservation Commission the Snake River Community Library, 120 N. Superior St. Contact: Rob Lonning, 208-309-0422 Sponsors: Canyon County Parks and Recreation, Sponsors: Cambridge Community Library, Cambridge Free brochures will be available. Western Model T Club Museum, Idaho Humanities Council Contact: Kathy Kershner, 208-495-2745 and Contact: Nina Hawkins, 208-257-3434 Don Borchers, 208-376-2331 Hansen Vicinity DemonSTRATION: the art of flint Knapping Challis CeLeBRATION: mother’s Day at Stricker by Scott maxwell, Lithic analyst Date: May 5, 12, 19, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EVENT: Home on the range- archaeology Day 2012 Homesite and rock Creek Station Date: May 13, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Location: Celebration Park, 5 miles south of Melba on Date: May 3, 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. the Snake River Location: Land of the Yankee Fork Interpretive Center, Location: Stricker Homesite, South of Hwy 30, below Kimberly and Hansen; 3715 East 3200 North Sponsor: Canyon County Parks and Recreation Junction of US 93 and Hwy 75 Contact: Kathy Kershner, 208-495-2745 Sponsors: Land of the Yankee Fork Interpretive Sponsors: Friends of Stricker, Inc., Idaho State Center, Idaho State Department of Parks and Historical Society DemonSTRATION: Primitive technologies Recreation, Bureau of Land Management, Contact: 208-423-4000 or Suzi Pengilly, 208-334-3847 and artifacts by Dean Shaw, BLm Boise District Salmon-Challis NF Date: May 12, 19, and 26, 9:00 a.m.