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''[[United States | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[Idaho, United States Genealogy|Idaho]] > [[Clearwater County, Idaho Genealogy|Clearwater County]] > Pierce'' | ||
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Revision as of 16:32, 1 May 2016
United States > Idaho > Clearwater County > Pierce
Quick Facts[edit | edit source]
Former name[edit | edit source]
Geographic location[edit | edit source]
City Hall[edit | edit source]
Pierce City Clerks
P.O. Box 356/404 S. Main Street
Pierce, Idaho 83546
(208) 464-2222
Resources[edit | edit source]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Church History and Records[edit | edit source]
Baptist[edit | edit source]
Mountain View Baptist Church
108 Willoughby Dr
Pierce, ID 83546
(208) 464-1182
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[edit | edit source]
Lutheran[edit | edit source]
Faith Lutheran Church
611 S Main
Pierce, ID 83546
(208) 464-2411
Other[edit | edit source]
First Protestant Church Of Pierce
120 2nd Ave S
Pierce, ID 83546
(208) 464-2322
New Life Fellowship
401 Stover Dr
Pierce, ID 83546
(208) 464-2723
Directories[edit | edit source]
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, state and regional directories.
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Lewis and Clark first met the Nez Perce Indians on September 20, 1805. Captain E.D. Pierce and ten other hardy men including Wilbur Basset on September 28, 1860, camped where what is now the junction of Canal Creek and Orofino Creek, this area is also known as Canal Gulch. October 2, 1860 the first gold was found in Idaho, from 1860 to 1867 estimates are that 3.5 million dollars in Placer Gold was removed from the Pierce area. The winter of 1860 and 1861 Captain Pierce traveled to the Territorial Legislature in Olympia Washington to charter a wagon road from Walla Walla Washington to the gold fields of Pierce. Pierce was the start of the first transportation route for the State of Idaho. In June 1861 Pierce was named the county seat for Shoshone County, and on September 2, 1861 the first elected officials met in Pierce. By June 1862 Idaho's first government building, the Pierce Courthouse, was chartered and by August 1862 construction was completed.
Maps[edit | edit source]
Military History and Records[edit | edit source]
Minorities[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Historical[edit | edit source]
Copies of issues of the following Pierce City newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise:
Pierce City miner 1902:3:21-1911:7:14
Pierce City miner 1910:10:14