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Oran Whittaker Manuscript Edit

Summary

Identifier
SmMC 105
Content Description
“Idaho’s First Steam Engine”, an essay on the history of a steam engine bought in the East by Brigham Young, hauled by teams into Idaho Territory in 1870, and at the time of writing, made part of a “relic hall”, erected in Franklin, Idaho, on a WPA project. Written by Whittaker, April 14, 1936, who worked as a researcher for the WPA Historical Records Survey.
Provenance
Transferred from the Idaho State College Museum to the Special Collections department, April 11, 1955.
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