Dewey - Idaho Ghost Town

DEWEY

NAME: Dewey
COUNTY: Owhyee
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 6
CLIMATE: Cool winter/snow and summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Fall, Spring, Summer.

COMMENTS: Not much left.
REMAINS: Remains of the powerplant.

Dewey was a promising town with the prospects of becoming the terminus for the Boise, Nampa and Owyhee Railroad. When that failed to materialize together with the destruction by fire of the magnificent three-story hotel, the town began to decline. When mining began to decline, the town was finished. Dewey was first named Booneville. In 1896, a Colonel Dewey bought the mine and rebuilt the town including the hotel. The town was renamed in his honor. All that is left today is the large cement powerplant building and the mine dump behind it. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

Dewey was a promising town with the prospects of becoming the terminus for the Boise, Nampa and Owyhee Railroad. When that failed to materialize together with the destruction by fire of the magnificent three-story hotel, the town began to decline. When mining began to decline, the town was finished. Dewey was first named Booneville. In 1896, a Colonel Dewey bought the mine and rebuilt the town including the hotel. The town was renamed in his honor. All that is left today is the large cement powerplant building and the mine dump behind it.

Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

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