Histories

Trail Creek Freight Train from Makay to Sun Valley

SCCHS Articles

• Chilly, ID - The Rise and Fall
• Chilly
• CCC Camps of the Mackay Area
• Wayne Darlington
• Mackay's Flying History
• Mt. Borah - Idaho Gets a New Highest Mountain
• Mackay's Mt. McCaleb
• Mackay's Mackay
• The Stacy House
• Mackay's Newspapers
• Electricity Comes to Mackay
• Mackay Gets a Hospital
• A Mackay Sunday Afternoon 1914, Play Ball!
• Mackay Gets Moving Pictures Shows

• Talkies Come to Mackay
• Clock on Main Street, Mackay
• Mackay's Tourist Park
• Cottonwood Grove Pavilion
• The Shay - The Little Engine that Could
• The Shay's Last Days
• Mine Hill's Aerial Tramway
• Early Schools
• An Unusual School Bus
• Fast - Even Today, Auto Travel 1910-1914
• The War Comes to the Valley (WWI)
• The Mining Town of Whiteknob
• Whiskey Springs

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Contributed by Earl A. Lockie, President of the South Custer County Historical Society (SCCHS)

Martial Law Declared in Timbered Counties, August 1931

Governor Orders Martial Law

Four counties were declared Saturday to be in a state of martial law, in a proclamation by Governor C. Ben Ross. The counties are Boise, Gem, Valley and Idaho counties where the forest fire situation has been grave in recent weeks. The Governor said, "it has been made to appear to my satisfaction that many of said fires are of incendiary origin", after a conference of state officials, national guard and forest service officials at which the whole situation was thoroughly canvased. --Idaho Daily Statesman, August 30

In a relentless campaign to prevent incendiarism, five rifle, a machine gun company and two medical units of the Idaho National Guards are patrolling roads in four Idaho counties.

The new unit will have the patrol of roads, particularly the North and South Highway in Adams County, with a station at New Meadows. In Idaho county, the posts are at Burgdorf, Warren and Riggins. In Valley County, they are patroling the highway through McCall and Cascade. --Idaho Daily Statesman, September 1

Note: During these depressed times, the men who are fighting the fires are employed by the National Forests, their jobs ending when the fires are put out. There have been many reports that fires are started in order to continue employment.

Martial Law Ends

Martial law in the timbered areas of central and southern Idaho was ended last Thursday and the troops were recalled from the seven counties in which they held sway for a ten day period.

Withdrawal of the troops followed a series of cold nights, showers and snow which reduced the fire hazards, particularly in the higher altitudes.

Counties included in the restricted area were: Idaho, Boise, Gem, Valley, Adams, Custer, and Lemhi. --Idaho Daily Statesman, September 17

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Source: A Collection of News about Warren, Idaho by Cheryl Helmer, 1988, as abstracted from Warren Times.

Post Office History

• AETNA 1881-1882, 1882-1884 renamed BAY HORSE
• ALDER 1884-1885
• BARTON 1899-1906, 1907-1909
• BAY HORSE 1884-1910 was AETNA, 1920-1927
• BONANZA 1894-1902 was BONANZA CITY 1910-1918
• BONANZA CITY 1879-1894 was JORDAN CREEK renamed BONANZA
• CALEB 1882-1883, 1883-1886
• CAPE HORN 1909-1912
• CARBONATE 1884-1885
• CASTO 1905-1908
• CHALLIS 1878 (Date was ROUND VALLEY county seat)
• CHILLY 1902-1958
• CLAYTON 1880-Date
• CLIFF 1884-1886
• CONCORDIA 1881-1882
• CRYSTAL 1880-1881, 1882-1887
• CUSTER 1880-1915, 1939-1939
• CUSTER CITY 1879-1880
• DICKEY 1885-1934
• ELLIS 1890-1894 in Custer County, 1896-1899 in Custer County, 1899-1904 in Lemhi County, 1904-1906 in Custer County 1906-1918 in Lemhi County, 1918-Date in Custer County
• FISHER 1900-1911

• FROST 1885-1887
• GLADYS 1903-1904
• GOLDBURG 1890-1942
• GREYHOUND 1908-1910
• GROUSE 1899-1976
• HOUSTON 1884-1905
• IVERS 1905-1908
• JORDAN CREEK 1876-1879 was ROBINSON BAR, renamed BONANZA CITY
• LESLIE 1888-1980
• LOON CREEK 1872-1873
• MACKAY 1901-Date
• MCFADDEN 1900-1901
• MORSE 1889-1902 in Custer County, 1903-1905 in Lemhi County
• OBSIDIAN 1918-1976
• PIERSON 1903-1915
• ROBINSON 1898-1907
• ROBINSON BAR 1876-1876 renamed JORDAN CREEK
• ROUND VALLEY 1878-1878 renamed CHALLIS
• SEAFOAM 1927-1928
• STANLEY 1892-1895, 1899-1902
• SUNBEAM 1907-1912, 1939-1962 SPO
• WHITE KNOB 1916-1934

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Source: Mark Metkin's old "Idaho Post Office" website

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