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Welcome to Camas
COUNTY In the early 1850’s Goodale’s Cutoff was a heavily used emigrant route that
ran the length of Camas Prairie. During those years the Bannock Indians would
gather in the area during the summer and hunt wild life and gather Camas
(wild onion) and Yampas (wild carrot) roots to
store for winter use. Camas county is full of history, stories,
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Camas County was formed on February 6, 1917 from Blaine
County consisting of eleven hundred square miles. It has been under
the jurisdiction of ten separate counties, between 1843 and 1917.
They are in order of their creation; Champaign, Linn, Wasco,
Shoshone, Idaho, Boise, Alturas, Logan, Alta and Blaine, either by the first
Territory or State of Idaho. Alturas County was the second
largest county created by the first Territorial Legislative Assembly. Old Alturas known as the
"Empire" county, extending from Boise east to the Little Lost
River, north from the Sawtooth Range and
south to the Snake River. On December 11, 1882 at the 12th session
of the Idaho Territorial Legislative Assembly, a bill to create a county
from the western end of Alturas called Camas was introduced. Thus
after a Long and involved controversy concerning the creation of
counties from the original Alturas, Camas
County was formed. The County seat is at
Fairfield. Camas County consists of the small mining towns of Soldier,
Corral, Camas, Hill City and Fairfield although it once had nine small towns.
Camas was named for the lily-like plant found in the area with an edible bulb,
gathered in the summer and used by the Bannock Indians and then by
settlers. . |
Christine
Storey is the Gen Web County Coordinator for this county.
This site was updated September
2011
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The USGENWEB Project Land of the free |
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Idaho Death Index 1911-1951 and Death Notices |
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Alturas County Census, Land Records, WWI
Draftees |
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Idaho Penitentiary Inmates Files 1864-1975 |
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County Clerk |
Camas County Historical Society Fairfield Train Depot Museum 120 Willow Ave. E., Fairfield, ID. 83327 |
Camas County Public Library |
Books to
read (1)A brief History of Camas prairie Idaho by
Lucy M. Nelson. (2) The Gods of Soldier Mountains by Katherine Burns. (3)
History of Camas County Idaho by John F. Ryan. (4) Lasting legacy
1890-1900 Camas County by Nan Reedy
& Lena Nash Rice |
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Katie King & Charlotte Slater |
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