The Emmett Index (Emmett, Idaho)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,261 issues from 1893 to 1923, published in Emmett, Idaho, digitised for Chronicling America.
Permanent settlement of the Emmett area began in the 1860s, after gold was discovered in the Boise Basin. Emmett quickly grew to be Payette Valley, Idaho’s biggest community. A ferry boat across the Payette River on the north side of town attracted people and business. In 1883, the town’s first saw mill opened. Emmett was platted the same year and incorporated in 1900. With the building of irrigation systems around the turn of the century, the community saw rapid improvements. In 1902, the Idaho Northern Railway finished construction of a line from Nampa to Emmett. Union Pacific purchased a controlling interest in Idaho Northern Railway in 1910 and began constructing a line from Emmett to north Idaho. That same year, the Payette Valley Extension was completed, connecting Emmett to the Oregon Short Line at Payette. The railroad enabled Emmett’s sawmills to transport timber on the railways instead of floating it down the river.
Ranching and farming have always been integral to Emmett’s economy, and newly constructed rail lines enabled farmers and ranchers to ship their goods from Emmett to markets near and far. Newly constructed canals enabled farmers’ success. They grew hay, beets, and dry beans, but Emmett became most well-known for its orchards. Prunes, cherries, apples, peaches and melons were some of the town’s most popular exports. Emmett’s ranchers were known primarily for raising sheep.
The Emmett Index was established in 1893 by Eugene Lorton. Money was scarce in…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Emmett, Idaho, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress