EV and I had a little vacation up to visit several family members last week. On Wednesday Dad, EV, and I had a little excursion to Idaho City, a Gold Rush town in the mountains north of Boise. The town has a pretty solid wild-west sort of history including all the intrigue (one judge was murdered), gambling, mining, and history (the town burnt to the ground a couple of times) you might expect in a movie.
We first stopped for lunch at a very friendly little diner called Trudy's Kitchen where we loaded up with greasy burgers and fries done quite nicely. From there we strolled through the museum, walked up the boardwalk to see several historic buildings, and dropped by a little antique shop where we found this "pirate's chest" as EV put it.
Dad noted that there was an interesting cemetary on the outskirts of town with graves and tomb stones from the 1800s--old by western standards. We learned a bit more about the makeup of the town because we found that the cemetary was divided up into several sections including Catholic, Protestant, Mason, and Chinese. I gather that the Chinese residents were mostly laborors as their graves were mostly unmarked. We found several interesting tombstones and fences that looked like they came out of a horror movie in the other sections:
Before heading out of town, Dad took us to one of the more interesting architectural features in town that manages to combine many years of history in a single site:
I'm glad Dad took us. Small towns are fun to photograph.
Thanks for the fun excursion with you and EV. I had a good time and enjoyed your great photos.
Posted by: John Deere | August 02, 2007 at 09:17 PM