Suggested Reading
The following books provide insights into early days in Valley County:
Callender, Signe Bollari. -- Early Days in Long Valley: Pioneers, Settlers. 1986(?)
Carrey, John and Cort Conley. -- The Middle Fork and the Sheepeater War. Backeddy Books, Cambridge, Idaho. 1980.
Colson, Art. -- Rewards of Rage, The Deadshot Reed Story. CHJ Publishing, Middleton, Idaho. The story of Reed's 1919 killing of George Krassel on the South Fork.
Cox, Lafe and Emma. -- Idaho Mountains, our home/life in Idaho's backcountry. Bookcrafters, Inc., 1997. This book is about Lafe's and Emma's life on Johnson Creek and the Cox Dude Ranch.
Fuller, Margaret. -- Trails of the Frank Chuch-River of No Return Wilderness. Signpost Books, 1987.
Grey, Zane. -- Thunder Mountain (a novel).
Helmer, Cheryl. -- Warren Times/A collection of news about Warren, Idaho. Henington Publishing Company, Wolfe City, TX., 1988. Includes the greater Warren area.
Hill, Kathy Deinhardt. -- For Better or Worse; the Legacy of William "Deadshot" Reed. Big Mallard Books, McCall, Idaho. 2003.The story of Reed's 1919 killing of George Krassel on the South Fork.
Hill, Kathy Deinhardt. -- On the Road; Twenty Great Day Trips from McCall. Mallard Books, McCall, Idaho. Includes Big Creek, Stibnite, Burgdorf Hot Springs to name a few.
Ingraham, Beverly. -- Looking Back: Sketches of Early Days in Idaho's High Country 1992.
Koskela, Alice. -- the pull of moving water. Washington State University Press, Pullman, Washington. 1999. Memoirs of growing up in the Hanna area of western Gem County in the 1950's. Book also includes some Koskela family history in Valley County.
Metsker's Atlas of Valley County (1881-1940) (85 maps). by Charles F. Metsker. The Metsker Atlas is an interesting browse as it shows the proposed Cascade Reservoir and the property owners that were bought out when the dam waters covered their property. There is a copy at the Valley County Assessors office.
McCunn, Ruthanne Lum. -- Thousand Pieces of Gold, a biographical novel. Beacon Press, 1981. One of several accounts of Polly Bemis and early day Warren.
Matthews, Gratia Bacon. -- Once Upon a Time, Cascade was born. Mountain States Press, Boise, Idaho. 1988.
Mills, Nellie Ireton. -- All Along the River/Territorial and Pioneer Days on the Payette. Privately printed for Payette Radio Limited, 1963.
Midmore, Moe. -- Middle Fork {of the Salmon River} History. 1970.
Petersen, Duane L. -- 83 Miles of Hell, the Stibnite Ore Haul, 1942 to 1952. D & D Books, Cascade, Idaho. 1999.
Petersen, Duane L. -- Valley County, the Way it Was. D & D Books, Cascade, Idaho. 2002.
Petersen, Duane L. -- Petersen has written at least two others, one on early Valley Co. schools and one on logging.
Pottenger, Cynthia. -- My Roseberry. The Star-News, McCall, Idaho. 1972.
Reinikka, Merle A. and Gene A. Knapp. -- Finnish Settlers of Long Valley, Idaho. 1990.
Smith, Don Ian and Naida West. -- Murder on the Middle Fork. Bridge House Books, 2005. The fictionalized account of the 1917 murder of Julius Reberg, on the Valley County side of the Middle Fork. Charles Ernst and his wife Frances Cooper Ernst were convicted of this crime.
Sumner, Nancy G. -- Yellow Pine, Idaho (printed privately)
Witherell, Jim. -- The Log Trains of Southern Idaho. Sundance Publications, 1989.
Wells, Merle W. -- Gold Camps & Silver Cities/Nineteenth Century Mining in Central and Southern Idaho. Idaho Department of Lands, Bureau of Mines & Geology, Moscow, Idaho, 1983.
Many of these books were privately published and are hard to find, but are well worth it when you do. Many may be located in the Cascade or McCall Public Libraries, the Roseberry Museum, and/or the Idaho State Historical/Genealogical Library in Boise, ID.
Additionally,the U.S. Payette National Forest, Heritage Program has a number of publications relating to specialized aspects of the history of Valley County. Among these are:
The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933 to 1941, on the Payette National Forest. By Dan Dzuranin.1994.
Wilderness of the Heart: An early history of the land and the people of the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness"By Sheila D. Reddy. 1995.
American Indians of Idaho, The Payette National Forest and the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness By Sheila D. Reddy, 1995.
An Overview of History in the Drainage Basin of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. By Mary P. Rossillon. 1981. (Boise National Forest)
To Idaho's Klondike: The Thunder Mountain Gold Rush, 1901-1909.By Bob Waite.1994.
These may be accessed at the Cascade and McCall City Libraries and the Administrative Headquarters of the U.S. Payette National Forest in McCall, ID.; except for the Rossillon pub. which is in the Boise National Forest Headquarters Office in Boise, Idaho.
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