Hailey (Images of America) - Softcover

Lonning, Robert A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738588997 ISBN 13: 9780738588995

Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 2012

Inhaltsangabe

When Hailey was founded in 1881, it was one of many boomtowns that sprang up as a result of the lead-silver rush in the northwestern United States. The city was named for John Hailey, a successful entrepreneur who operated a freight hauling business before the railroad reached the Wood River Valley. The new town's strategic location--in proximity to surrounding, rich lead-silver deposits and at the junction of the Wood River and Croy and Quigley Canyons--allowed Hailey to become a bustling center of commerce and mining. Over the years, Hailey grew and changed with the rise and fall of the local mining and sheepherding industries. In recent years, Hailey has reinvented itself yet again, with tourism as the mainstay of the local economy. More than 130 years after its founding, Hailey remains a vibrant and energetic community in the heart of the Wood River Valley.

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Robert A. Lonning, PhD, has been an enthusiast of Hailey's history for more than a decade and is presently serving as chairman of the Hailey Historic Preservation Commission. A major impetus for this enthusiasm has been the wonderful photographs of Martyn Mallory, which make up the majority of the images in this book.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0738588997
• ISBN 13: 9780738588995
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
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