. The resources and attractions of Idaho; facts on farming, stock-raising, mining, lumbering, and other industries . rritory. The same can be saidof all kinds of vegetables, while in many parts of the Territory tender vinesproduce abundantly. Idaho fruits can not be excelled in quality or flavor. Apples, pears,peaches, plums, prunes, apricots, grapes and all small fruits and berriesare raised in great abundance. Huckleberries, gooseberries, and wildcherries grow wild in profusion on the mountain-sides and camas, which gives a name to several prairies in the Territory isfound in
. The resources and attractions of Idaho; facts on farming, stock-raising, mining, lumbering, and other industries . rritory. The same can be saidof all kinds of vegetables, while in many parts of the Territory tender vinesproduce abundantly. Idaho fruits can not be excelled in quality or flavor. Apples, pears,peaches, plums, prunes, apricots, grapes and all small fruits and berriesare raised in great abundance. Huckleberries, gooseberries, and wildcherries grow wild in profusion on the mountain-sides and camas, which gives a name to several prairies in the Territory isfound in all sections. It is a bulb which is prized highly by the Indiansfor food. IDAHO. 21 GROWTH OF THE STATE. The population in 1890, of Idaho, by counties, was as follows, accord-ing to the United States census returns : Counties. Popu-lation. Counties. Popu-lation. Ada Alturas ...Bear Boise Cassia Custer Elmore Idaho 8,2842,6266,061 13,4923,2713,1352,1691,8762,965 40,531 Latah , Lemhi Logan Nez Perces Oneida Owyhee Shoshone Washington Indians and ,422,916,151,594,827,071,257. Governor Shoup in his report for 1890 to the Secretary of the Interior,says: In my report for 1889 I estimated the population of the Territory tobe 113,777. This estimate was reached through county assessors and fromcorrespondence with intelligent and well-informed citizens in the severalcounties. In my last report I stated that— Mining being one of the principal industries, we find men in smallparties engaged in working placer mines in distant and secluded sections,several miles distant from other mining camps. Again, we find men onthe mountain slopes, and in some instances near the summit of our mostlofty mountains, engaged in opening and developing quartz mines, whichcarry gold, silver, and other valuable metals. A considerable number ofmen are constantly employed in prospecting for mines. Small settlementsare found in nearly all the mountain valleys. Settlements o
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