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History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests . state in this section and his part in the de-velopment of this desirable section of the state willbe even broader in the future than it has been inthe past. Joseph T. \gher. During the past severaldecades land Values have advanced to a remarkabledegree in Washington county and the surroundingcountry, owing to the added industrial and com-mercial importance of this section and to the recentdiscovery of its true worth as an agricultural andstock-raising center. These realty interests
History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests . state in this section and his part in the de-velopment of this desirable section of the state willbe even broader in the future than it has been inthe past. Joseph T. \gher. During the past severaldecades land Values have advanced to a remarkabledegree in Washington county and the surroundingcountry, owing to the added industrial and com-mercial importance of this section and to the recentdiscovery of its true worth as an agricultural andstock-raising center. These realty interests are ofsuch an important nature that those in whose handsthey have been placed become leading factors in thedevelopment of their communities, and probaljly noreal estate dealer in the county is better known orIiandles a larger volume of business than Joseph , of Weiser, self-made man and booster ofIdahos interests, whose career has been marked bysteady progress since earliest manhood. Joseph was born at Osage Mission. Kansas. April9, 1871, and is a son of Barnard and Susan Galla-. HISTORY OF IDAHO 815 gher, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and thelatter of Germany. Mr. Galla,^;hers father, whowas a farmer all of his life, passed away at the ageof eighty years, in 1909, the mother having died in1885. when sixty years of age. They were theparents of seven children, of whom Joseph was the yonngest. After attending the public scliools of Marshallcounty, Kansas, Mr. Gallagher apprenticed himselfto the butchers trade, to which he served threeyears, then returning to work on his fathers farm,where he remained five years. In 1S96 he came toIdaho and settled in Patterson, in Lemhi county,where he took up a homestead and remaiued forsix years. Having met with hut indifferent success,Mr. Gallagher sold his interests there and movedto Dubois. Fremont count\-, and for five years wasengaged in a livery business,, then selling out tocome to Weiser. In thi
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