Idaho City - Idaho Ghost Town

Ghosttowns.com Presents IDAHO CITY

NAME: Idaho City
COUNTY: Boise
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 7
CLIMATE: Cool winter and summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Current residents.
REMAINS: Many old buildings.

Traveling north on highway 21 out of Boise will lead directly to Idaho City. The area around Idaho City, it is said, gave up more gold than all of Alaska. Estimates are as high as $100 million. In addition, the town provided elegant theaters for its populace as well as rented surreys for Sunday afternoon jaunts around the town. It also sported four breweries and 41 saloons and the first Territorial Jail in Idaho. The first Catholic Church in Idaho still stands. Fires have destroyed many of the original frame buildings but those rebuilt with brick offer an interesting visit to the City's earlier years. Submitted by Henry Chenowith. County Jail and Pest House - 1864 (housed citizens with contagious diseases) Courtesy Dolores Steele Galbraith House - Oldest house in Idaho City - 1867 Courtesy Dolores Steele Cemetery Courtesy Dolores Steele Cemetery Courtesy Dolores Steele	O'Leary's Saloon - now Golden Nugget Courtesy Dolores Steele Idaho World Newspaper - 1886 Courtesy Dolores Steele Idaho City Hotel Courtesy Dolores Steele St. Joseph's Catholic Church - 1867 Courtesy Dolores Steele Idaho City Courtesy James N. Kobus Idaho City Courtesy James N. Kobus Golden Cycle Mine near Idaho City Courtesy Dave Selene

Traveling north on highway 21 out of Boise will lead directly to Idaho City. The area around Idaho City, it is said, gave up more gold than all of Alaska. Estimates are as high as $100 million. In addition, the town provided elegant theaters for its populace as well as rented surreys for Sunday afternoon jaunts around the town. It also sported four breweries and 41 saloons and the first Territorial Jail in Idaho. The first Catholic Church in Idaho still stands. Fires have destroyed many of the original frame buildings but those rebuilt with brick offer an interesting visit to the City's earlier years. Submitted by Henry Chenowith.