Silver City Owyhee County, Idaho
Former County Seat
Mapped Location
Silver City: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Silver City
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Silver City
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Silver City | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Silver City
References to Silver City that document the origin of its place name
OWYHEE.—Named for the Owyhee River (q.v.). The county seat is Silver City, named, in 1863, by the prospectors who discovered rich silver float near there.
Related Catalog Titles
A Bibliography for Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho
Historic Silver City the story of the Owyhees by Mildretta Adams
A historical, descriptive and commercial directory of Owyhee County, Idaho, January 1898 Silver City, De Lamar, and Guffey by Press of The Owyhee Avalanche
Published in 1898 by the Press of The Owyhee Avalanche, this volume serves as both a foundational historical record and a practical commercial guide to Owyhee County, Idaho, during its late 19th-century resource boom. The text provides detailed accounts of the region's geography, emerging rail infrastructure, and lucrative mining operations, while also cataloging the local businesses, civic leaders, and pioneer residents who populated towns like Silver City, De Lamar, and Guffey. A keen insight drawn from the publication is how frontier newspapers actively functioned as regional boosters, utilizing these exhaustively detailed directories to legitimize rugged, isolated mining camps into permanent, investment-worthy municipalities by projecting a highly organized image of commerce and rapid modernization.
154 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Last updated: 2016-12-01