Descriptive history from historic sites across Latah County, Idaho. These descriptions include historical narrative and photographs. Sites listed include Potlatch, Deary, Genesee, Kendrick, Juliaetta, Bovill and Freeze. The information is courtesy of the Latah County Historic Preservation Commission.
Friday, May 12, 2017
A Photo Essay of historic images from Downtown Moscow
Below is a collection of historic photographs from the Latah County Historical Society archives of Main Street in Moscow, Idaho.
Do you have any idea the years the above photos were taken? I am from Moscow and writing a bit of a family history (Nelson Hart settled at the base of Moscow Mountain in 1891, but they were in the Viola area for nearly a decade before that. Matching a skeleton of family stories to real historic events (and even ambiance) is one of the challenges. These images are some of the most helpful I've found for early Moscow.
Do you have any idea the years the above photos were taken? I am from Moscow and writing a bit of a family history (Nelson Hart settled at the base of Moscow Mountain in 1891, but they were in the Viola area for nearly a decade before that. Matching a skeleton of family stories to real historic events (and even ambiance) is one of the challenges. These images are some of the most helpful I've found for early Moscow.
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