Dewey, Idaho
Dewey, Idaho | |
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![]() Dewey in 1898 | |
Coordinates: 43°02′25″N 116°45′44″W / 43.04028°N 116.76222°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Idaho |
County | Owyhee |
Elevation | 6,010 ft (1,830 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 397625[1] |
Dewey is a ghost town in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States.
History
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The town was settled in 1863 and named "Booneville", after its first inhabitant, Captain Boone.[1][2] Booneville was at first very prosperous, but then fell into decay.[2]
In 1896, the property at Booneville and its hotel were purchased by Colonel W.H. Dewey, superintendent of the Florida Mountain Mining Company. Dewey's company erected a mill, and a mine was located nearby.[2][3] The town had a butcher shop, general store, steam laundry, livery stable and barn, and a large hotel, the Hotel Dewey. "Nothing had been neglected in the way of making the town complete as to conveniences for its inhabitants".[2]: 69
A post office was established in 1897, and was named "Dewey".[2]
Within a few years, there was a decline in mining, and the hotel had burned down. The town was soon abandoned.[3]
All that remains of Dewey is a large cement powerplant building, and the mine dump.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dewey". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c d e A Historical, Descriptive and Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho, January 1898. Owyhee Avalanche. 1898. pp. 67–70.
- ^ a b c Sparling, Wayne C. (1974). Southern Idaho Ghost Towns. Caxton Press. p. 21. ISBN 9780870042294.