CRATERS OF THE MOON Historic Context Statements

Government Documents--Unpublished

Bureau of Land Management--Idaho State Office, Boise, Idaho.
     Tract Books.
     Cadastral Survey Field Notes.

Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho.
     Administrative Files.
     Museum Collection.
     Monument Archives.

Federal Records Center--Pacific Northwest Region, Seattle, Washington.
     Record Group 79, Records of the National Park Service.

National Archives--Pacific Northwest Region, Seattle, Washington.
     Record Group 49, Records of the Bureau of Land Management.

National Archives--Pacific Sierra Region, San Bruno, California.
     Record Group 79, Records of the National Park Service.

National Archives--Washington, D.C.
     Record Group 79, Records of the National Park Service.
     Record Group 57, Records of the Geological Survey.

Manuscript Collections

Boise State University Library, Special Collections, Boise, Idaho.
     Robert W. Limbert Papers.
     Edward F. Rhodenbaugh Papers.
     Thomas C. Stanford Papers.

Idaho State Historical Society Library, Boise, Idaho.
     Frederick T. Dubois Papers.
     M. Augusta Fletcher Papers.
     Harvey Jones Manuscript.
     Nellie Slater Manuscript.
     O.B. Slater Manuscript.
     Jean Conley Smith Papers.
     William Taylor Papers.
     Charles Nelson Teeters Papers.
     Emily Fletcher Towell Manuscript.
     Woolverton Family Manuscript.

Idaho State Archives, Boise, Idaho.
     Idaho Reclamation Records.

Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division.
     C. Hart Merriam Papers.

University of Washington, Manuscripts Division.
     Winfield Scott Ebey Papers.

Special Collections

Idaho State Historical Society Library, Boise, Idaho.
     Idaho Tourism and Travel Collection.

Unpublished Documents

Idaho State Historical Society Library, Boise, Idaho.

Bottolfsen, Clarence A. "A Salute to Arco--The New Atomic City of the Great Northwest." Ca. 1949. Butte County Vertical File.

Martin, James, D. "With the Lost River Pioneers." Ca. 1942. Lost River Valley Vertical File.

Shortdridge, Thelma. "The Mackay Dam Controversy." August 1, 1959. Dams--Idaho Vertical File.

Books and Reports

Adamson, Elizabeth C. History of Carey, Idaho. Self-published. 1971.

Anderson, Alfred L Geology and Ore Deposits of the Lava Creek District, Idaho. Moscow: University of Idaho, Bulletin 32, 1929.

Beal, Merrill D. A History of Southeastern Idaho. Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1942.

Beal, Merrill D. and Merle W. Wells. History of Idaho. 3 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1959.

Blakesley, Jennifer A. and R. Gerald Wright. A Review of Scientific Research at Craters of the Moon National Monument. Moscow: University of Idaho College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences, Bulletin 50, February 1988.

Bottolfsen, Clarence A. Little Bits of Lost River History. Arco: Arco Advertiser, 1926.

Clark, Ella E. Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966.

Cox, Thomas R. The Park Builders: A History of State Parks in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988.

D'Azevedo, Warren L., ed. Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 11, Great Basin. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1986.

Department of the Interior. Report of the Director of the National Park Service, 1924. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924.

Dykes, Fred W. Jeffrey's Cutoff: Idaho's Forgotten Oregon Trail Route. Pocatello: Pocatello Copy Cat, 1989.

Ferris, Warren Angus. Life in the Rocky Mountains: A Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado, 1830-1835. New rev. ed. Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1983.

Foresta, Ronald A. America's National Parks and Their Keepers. Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, Inc., 1984.

Foster, Annie Jane Biggers Elliott. Annie Jane's Journal. Marilyn R. Harbord, ed. Chico: Glen E. Biggers, 1974.

Galbraith, John S. The Hudson's Bay Company as an Imperial Factor, 1821-1869. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957.

Geikie, Archibald Sir. Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1882.

Goetzmann, William H. Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and Scientist in the Winning of the American West. 1966. Reprint. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1978.

Good, Albert H. Park and Recreation Structures. 1935. Reprint. Boulder: Graybooks, 1990.

Hutchison, Daniel J. and Larry R. Jones, eds. Emigrant Trails of Southern Idaho. Adventures in the Past--Idaho Cultural Resource Series, Number 1. Boise: Bureau of Land Management and Idaho State Historical Society Press, 1993.

Huth, Hans. Nature and the American: Three Centuries of Changing Attitudes. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957.

Hyde, Anne Farrar. An American Vision: Far Western Landscape and National Culture, 1820-1920. New York: New York University Press, 1990.

Idaho's Highway History, 1863-1975. Boise: Idaho Department of Transportation, 1985.

Irving, Washington. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.

Jackson, Donald, and Mary Lee Spense, eds. The Expeditions of John C. Fremont. Vol. 1, Travels from 1838-1844. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1970.

Limerick, Patricia. Desert Passages: Encounters with the American Deserts. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1985.

Louter, David. Craters of the Moon National Monument: An Administrative History Seattle: National Park Service, 1992.

Luxenberg, Gretchen A. and Cathy A. Gilbert. The Rustic Landscape of Rim Village, 1927-1941. Seattle: National Park Service, 1990.

Madsen, Brigham. The Bannock of Idaho. Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1958.

_____. The Northern Shoshoni. Caldwell: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1980.

_____. The Shoshoni Frontier and the Bear River Massacre. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1985.

Mattes, Merrill J. Platte River Road Narratives. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.

McClelland, Linda F. Presenting Nature: The Historic Landscape Design of the National Park Service, 1916-1942. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1993.

McLeod, George A. History of Alturas and Blaine Counties, 1857-1949. 3rd ed. Hailey: Hailey Times, 1950.

Merriam, C. Hart. Results of a Biological Reconnaissance of South-central Idaho. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891.

Merrill, Irving R., ed. Bound for Idaho: The 1864 Trail Journal of Julius Merrill. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1988.

Morgon, Dale L. Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the American West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1953.

Nash, Roderick. Wilderness and the American Mind. 3rd ed. New Haven: Yale University press, 1982.

National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 38: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1992.

National Parks for a New Generation. Washington, D.C.: The Conservation Foundation, 1985.

Noble, Bruce J. and Robert Spude. National Register Bulletin 42: Identifying, Evaluating, and Registering Historic Mining Properties. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1992.

Ogden, Peter Skene. Peter Skene Ogden's Snake Country Journals, 1824-1826. London: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1950.

_____. Peter Skene Ogden's Snake Country Journals, 1827-1829. Edited by Glyndwr Williams. London: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1971.

Oliphant, J. Orin. On the Cattle Ranges of the Oregon Country. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1968.

Paul, Rodman W. The Far West and the Great Plains in Transition, 1859-1900. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1988.

_____. Mining Frontiers of the Far West, 1848-1880. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963.

Peterson, F. Ross. Idaho: A Bicentennial History. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1976.

Pomeroy, Earl S. In Search of the Golden West: The Tourist in Western America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957.

A Preliminary Report on the Parks, Parkways and Recreational Areas of Idaho. Boise: Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners, January 1939.

Rabbitt, Mary C. Mineral, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defense and General Welfare: A History of Public Lands, Federal Science and Mapping Policy, and Development of Mineral Resources in the United States. 3 vols. Washington, D.C.: United States Geological Survey, 1979-1986.

Robbins, Roy M. Our Landed Heritage: The Public Domain, 1776-1970. 2nd rev. ed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1976.

Ronda, James P. Astoria and Empire. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.

Ross, Alexander. The Fur Hunters of the Far West. Edited by Kenneth A. Spaulding. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956.

Rothman, Hal. Preserving Different Pasts: The American National Monuments. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. 2nd rev. ed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987.

Russell, Israel C. Geology and Water Resources of the Snake River Plains of Idaho. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1902.

_____. Notes on Geology of Southwestern Idaho and Southeastern Oregon. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903.

Schmitt, Peter J. Back to Nature: The Arcadian Myth in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1969.

Schwantes, Carlos A. In Mountain Shadows: A History of Idaho. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.

_____. The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History. Lincoln: University Nebraska Press, 1989.

Shallat, Todd, ed. Snake: The Plain and Its People. Boise: Boise State University Press, 1994.

Shankland, Robert. Steve Mather of the National Parks. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954.

State of Idaho. The State of Idaho Official Report of the Bureau of Immigration, Labor, and Statistics, 1912. Boise: The Bureau, 1912.

Stearns, Harold T. A Guide to Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho. Boise: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 13, 1928.

_____. Geology of Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho. Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1977.

_____. Memoirs of a Geologist: From Poverty Peak to Piggery Gulch. Honolulu: Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, 1983.

Strahorn, Carrie A. Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage. New York: G.P Putnam's Sons, 1911.

Strahorn, Robert E. Resources and Attractions of Idaho Territory. 1881. Reprint. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1990.

Townsend, John K. Across the Rockies to the Columbia. 1839. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987.

U.S. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Vol. 3, Population, Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, ca. 1921.

_____. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Vol.2, Population. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913.

Unruh, John D., Jr. The Plains Across: The Overland Migrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1860. 1979. Reprint. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982.

Walker, Deward E., Jr. Indians of Idaho. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1978.

_____. Myths of Idaho Indians. Moscow: University Press of Idaho, 1980.

Wells, Merle W. Gold Camps and Silver Cities: Nineteenth-Century Mining in Central and Southern Idaho. 2nd ed. Moscow: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1983.

White, Richard. "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A History of the American West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

Wilkens, Thurman. Clarence King: A Biography. Rev. ed. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988.

Williams, Mikel H. The History of Development and Current Status of the Carey Act in Idaho. Boise: Idaho Department of Reclamation, 1970.

Work, John. The Snake Country Expedition of 1830-1831: John Work's Field Journal. Edited by Francis P. Haines, Jr. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971.

Works Progress Administration. The Idaho Encyclopedia. Edited by Vardis Fisher. Caldwell: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1938.

Wyeth, Nathaniel J. The Correspondence of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth's Expedition to the Oregon Country, 1831-1836. 1899. Reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1973.

Articles

Arrington, Leonard J. "Irrigation in the Snake River Valley: An Historical Overview." Idaho Yesterdays 30 (Spring/Summer 1986): 3-11.

Athearn, Robert G. "The Oregon Short Line." Idaho Yesterdays 13 (Winter 1969-1970): 2-18.

Bitton, Davis. "Blackfoot: The Making of a Community, 1878-1910." Idaho Yesterdays 19 (Spring 1975): 2-15.

_____. "Peopling the Upper Snake: The Second Wave of Mormon Settlement in Idaho." Idaho Yesterdays 23 (Summer 1979): 47-52.

Boag, Peter G. "Overlanders and the Snake River Region: A Case Study of Popular Landscape Perception in the Early West." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 84 (October 1993): 122-129.

Butler, Robert B. "Prehistory of the Snake and Salmon River Area." In Handbook of North American Indians, edited by Warren L. D'Azevedo, vol. 11, Great Basin, 127-131. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1986.

Casner, Nicholas. "Two-Gun Limbert': Man from the Sawtooths." Idaho Yesterdays 32 (Spring 1988): 2-11.

Cope, Henry F. "Making Gardens out of Lava Dust." World Today 10 (June 1906): 621-628.

Cox, Thomas R. "Weldon Heyburn, Lake Chatcolet, and the Evolving Concept of Public Parks." Idaho Yesterdays 24 (Summer 1980): 2-15.

Crowder, David L. "Nineteenth-Century Indian-White Conflict in Southern Idaho. Idaho Yesterdays 23 (Summer 1979): 13-18.

Davis, William E. "George Forman: The Great Pedestrian." Idaho Yesterdays 10 (Spring 1966): 2-11.

Forsling, O.E. "Sheep to Cheyenne." Idaho Yesterdays 8 (Summer 1964): 26-32.

"Forging the Park Chain," Outing 74 (August 1919): 63.

"Fort Boise: From Imperial Outpost to Historic Site." Idaho Yesterdays 6 (Spring 1962): 14-16, 33-39.

"Fort Hall, 1834-1856." Idaho Yesterdays 12 (Summer 1968): 28-31.

Haines, Francis, Jr. "The Lost River of John Day." Idaho Yesterdays 2 (Winter 1958-1959): 6-10.

Hampton, H. Duane. "Opposition to National Parks." Journal of Forest History 25 (January 1981): 3645.

Holl, Jack M. 'The National Reactor Testing Station: The Atomic Energy Commission in Idaho, 1949-1962." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 85 (January 1994): 15-24.

Hugill, Peter J. "Good Roads and the Automobile in the United States, 1880-1929." Geographical Review 72 (July 1982): 330-349.

"Jean Baptiste Charbonneau." Idaho Yesterdays 5 (Fall 1961): 7-8.

Jones, E.W. "Some Wonders of Idaho." Historical Society of Southern California Publications 1 (1888): 23-29.

Jones, Larry R. "Staging to the South Boise Mines." Idaho Yesterdays 29 (Summer 1985): 19-25.

Kuntz, Mel A., et al. "The Great Rift and the Evolution of the Craters of the Moon Lava Field, Idaho." In Cenozoic Geology of Idaho, edited by Bill Bonnichsen and R.M. Breckenridge, 423-437. Moscow: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 26, 1982.

Lewis, Peirce F. "America Between the Wars: The Engineering of a New Geography." In North America: The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent, edited by Robert D. Mitchell and Paul A. Groves. Totowa: Rowman and Littlefield, 1987.

Limbert, Robert W. "Among the 'Craters of the Moon': An Account of the First Expeditions Through the Remarkable Volcanic Lava Beds of Southern Idaho." National Geographic Magazine 45 (March 1924): 303-328.

_____. "Among the 'Craters of the Moon' in Idaho." Literary Digest 81 (April 12, 1924): 40-42, 44.

Lombard, Warren P. and Martin L. D'Odoge. "Israel Cook Russell." Science 24 (October 5, 1906): 426-431.

Lovin, Hugh T. "The Carey Act in Idaho, 1895-1925: An Experiment in Free Enterprise Reclamation." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 78 (October 1987): 122-133.

_____. "Sage, Jacks, and Snake River Plain Pioneers." Idaho Yesterdays 22 (Winter 1979): 13-15, 18-24.

_____. "Water, Arid Land, and Visions of Advancement on the Snake River Plain." Idaho Yesterdays 35 (Spring 1991): 3-18.

Mather, Stephen T. "What I Am Trying to Do With the National Parks." The World's Work 48 (May 1924): 41-43.

Merrill, Irving R. "Tim Goodale and his Cutoff: A Major Trail Segment During and After the Fourth Emigration Wave." Overland Journal 8 (1990): 9-16.

Mills, Enos. "Proposed Sawtooth National Park." New West Magazine 7 (October 1916): 18-22.

Mills, John S. "A Gateway to the Future." Sunset Magazine 25 (July 1910): 119-120.

_____. "The Secret Success of Blackfoot." Sunset Magazine 25 (November 1910): 589-590.

_____. "Twin Falls and Triple Opportunity." Sunset Magazine 25 (September 1910): 353-356.

Paxson, Frederick L. "The Highway Movement, 1916-1935." American Historical Review 51(1946): 236-253.

Renck, Nancy F. "Off to the Lakes: Vacationing in North Idaho during the Railroad Era, 1885-1917." Idaho Yesterdays 34 (Summer 1990): 2-15.

Rhodes-Jones, Carolyn. "An Evolving View of the Landscape: Trappers, Tourists, and the Great Shoshone Falls." Idaho Yesterdays 23 (Summer 1979): 19-27.

Rothman, Hal. "Second-Class Sites: National Monuments and the Growth of the National Park System." Environmental Review 10 (Spring 1986): 44-56.

Russell, Israel C. 'The Recent Volcanoes of Southwestern Idaho and Southeastern Oregon." Scientific American Supplement 57 (April 16, 1904): 23652-23655, 23668-23670.

Schlicke, Carl. "Frederick West Lander: Western Road-Builder." Columbia: The Magazine of Pacific Northwest History 8 (Spring 1994): 29-34.

Shepherd, G. Frederick. "Rifting and Volcanic Activity in the Craters of the Moon, Idaho." [Abstract] Geological Society of America, Proceedings 48 (June 1936): 105-106.

_____. "Volcanic Phenomena in the Craters of the Moon, Idaho." Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 29 (December 1936): 190-191.

Sneed, Paul G. "An Archaeological Reconnaissance of Craters of the Moon National Monument." Tebiwa: Journal of the Idaho State University Museum 10 (1), 1967: 37-52.

Spence, Clark C. "The Boom of the Wood River Mines." Idaho Yesterdays 23 (Summer 1979): 4-12.

Stearns, Harold T. "Craters of the Moon National Monument." The Geographical Review 14 (July 1924): 362-372.

_____. "The 'Craters of the Moon' in Idaho." Geographical Journal 71 (January 1928): 43-49.

Stearns, Norah. "Exploring the Craters of the Moon, Idaho." Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Bulletin 26 (October 1928): 279-290.

Woods, Ralph E. "The Proposed Sawtooth National Park." New West Magazine 7 (May 1916): 7-11.

Dissertations, Theses and Unpublished Reports

Bicknell, Albert T. ["Inspection Report of Creek Mining Claim."] February 25, 1935. History Files. Craters of the Moon National Monument.

Blackburn, Quin A. "Mineral Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." October 11, 1960. Technical Files. Craters of the Moon National Monument.

De Jong, Thelma B. "Explorations and Fur Trade in Idaho, 1805-1846." M.A. Thesis, Brigham Young University, 1957.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." October 1, 1925.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." July 8, 1926.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." July 1, 1927.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." October 1, 1927.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." June 1, 1928.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." July 1, 1928.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." June 1, 1929.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." August 1, 1929.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." August 1, 1930.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." August 1, 1932.

"Custodian's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." July 3, 1940.

Gertsch, William Darrell. "The Upper Snake River Project: A Historical Study of Reclamation and Regional Development, 1890-1930." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, 1974.

Lusk, Byron D. "Golden Cattle Kingdoms of Idaho." M.S. Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 1978.

Manbey, B.F. "Comments and Notes...Special Inspectional Trip of Craters of the Moon National Monument." June 12, 1940. History Files. Craters of the Moon National Monument.

McLaughlin, James and Dorothy Sammons. "A Systematic Survey for Cultural Resources at Craters of the Moon National Monument." Reports of Investigation No.92-4, Northern Intermountain Quaternary Institute, Idaho Museum of Natural History, Idaho State University, 1992.

"Mission 66 Master Plan for Craters of the Moon National Monument." 1956. History Files. Craters of the Moon National Monument Archives.

Ostrogorsky, Michael. "Historical Overview for the Craters of the Moon National Monument of Idaho." 1983. Craters of the Moon National Monument Archives.

Sammons, Dorothy. "Little Prairie Burn Cultural Resources Survey, Craters of the Moon National Monument." Reports of Investigation, No.93-3, Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University, 1993.

Stearns, Harold T. "Field Notes--1926 Survey of Craters of the Moon." Cat. #806, Acc. #119, Craters of the Moon National Monument Museum Collection.

_____. "Geology of Craters of the Moon." Ca. 1930. Technical File C29a. Craters of the Moon National Monument.

"Superintendent's Monthly Report, Craters of the Moon National Monument." February 28, 1958.

Zink, Robert C. "Short History: Craters of the Moon National Monument." 1955. Craters of the Moon National Monument Archives.

Newspapers

Arco Advertiser.

Boise Capital News.

Idaho Republican. (Blackfoot)

Idaho Statesman.

North Side News. (Jerome)

Salt Lake Tribune.

Pamphlets

"The Craters of the Moon National Monument: A Region of Weird Attractions." Ca. 1925-1927. Craters of the Moon National Monument Museum Collection.

Limbert, Robert W. Unknown Places in Idaho. Chicago: Poole Brothers, Inc., 1927.

Maps

Pulvers Official Automobile Map: Idaho Central Forest Highway.

Interviews

Roger Contor Interview, September 6, 1990.

Ed Techick Interview, January 21, 1986. History Files. Craters of the Moon National Monument.

Les Broadie Interview, June 8, 1991. Interviewed by Fred W. Dykes. Craters of the Moon National Monument Museum Collection.

Personal Communications

Ree E. Montgomery, June 7, 1993.