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IDAHO MOUNTAINS

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~~~LITTLE JOE RIVER~~~

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~~~LITTLE JOE RIVER~~~

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~~~PANNING FOR GOLD 
around Wallace and Murray Idaho~~~

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THIS IS AN IDAHO BLACK BEAR AND I TOOK THIS PICTURE!
(WITH A LONG LEN...MY CAMERA WAS NOT DIGITAL!)
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IDAHO SMALL TOWN
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~~~MURRAY IDAHO~~~

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~~~INDIANS ARE QUITE PROMINENT IN IDAHO~~~
I believe these totem poles are from the Coeur D'Alene Tribe.

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SPRAG POLE INN AND MUSEUM

Historical exhibits for the mining town in the 1800s.

Free Admission

For more information:

http://silver-valley.com/sprag_pole/

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~~~THE BEDROOM GOLD MINE~~~

Miner Chris Christopherson, convinced that he was literally sleeping on a gold mine, began digging down from his spare bedroom in Murray, Idaho.


He started digging in 1967, eventually creating a damp 36-ft. shaft under the building, when someone named Old Man Hinkle had convinced him there 
was gold under the place.                             

He last worked the "claim" in 1991 when he was 80 years old. 
He actually pulled out some gold in its heyday.

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THESE PICTURES WAS TAKEN FROM  INSIDE A RESTAURANT.
THE DEER COME RIGHT UP TO THE WINDOW AND CUSTOMERS CAN FEED THEM FOOD PROVIDED BY THE RESTAURANT.  
NO ONE FEEDS THEM FROM THE TABLE.




THE DEER LIVE IN A PEN NEXT TO THE RESTAURANT.




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