Prichard Shoshone County, Idaho


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Prichard: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Prichard

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Prichard

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Prichard Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Prichard

References to Prichard that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

PRITCHARD, Shoshone County.— This place was named for A. J. Pritchard, who first discovered gold in paying quantities in the Coeur d'Alene country in 1880.While these diggings were not as rich as some Idaho placers yet considerable gold was washed from the gravel and, in connection with the placer mining, prospecting for quartz and the opening of rich lead-silver lodes, developed a mining district in the heart of the Bitterroot and Coeur d'Alene mountains that has produced millions of wealth.—ONDERDONK, Idaho.

John E. Rees, B. Sc. in Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

 

Last updated: 2016-12-21