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*At the peak of this first mining boom as many as 70,000 whites may have been in Idaho, but by 1870 this number had dwindled to the 15,000 counted in the census. | *At the peak of this first mining boom as many as 70,000 whites may have been in Idaho, but by 1870 this number had dwindled to the 15,000 counted in the census. | ||
*Settlement was stimulated in the 1880s and 1890s by '''new mining booms in the north''' and by the '''arrival of railroads''' in the farmlands of southern Idaho. | *Settlement was stimulated in the 1880s and 1890s by '''new mining booms in the north''' and by the '''arrival of railroads''' in the farmlands of southern Idaho. | ||
*In the early 1900s, when reclamation projects opened desert lands to farming, a new wave of settlement from nearby states took place in southern Idaho. | |||
In the early 1900s, when reclamation projects opened desert lands to farming, a new wave of settlement from nearby states took place in southern Idaho | *Most Idaho residents are of '''British, German, or Scandinavian origin''', although there are about '''6,000 Basques living near Boise'''. If you are looking for information on Basque settlement, you may find helpful information in Pat Bieter, ''The Basques in Idaho''. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Historical Society, 197? {{FHL|199916|item|disp=FHL film 1036796 item 15; book 979.6 F2bb.}} | ||
Most Idaho residents are of British, German, or Scandinavian origin, although there are about 6,000 Basques living near Boise. If you are looking for information on Basque settlement, you may find helpful information in Pat Bieter, ''The Basques in Idaho''. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Historical Society, 197? {{FHL|199916|item|disp=FHL film 1036796 item 15; book 979.6 F2bb.}} | |||
A few records of other ethnic groups are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under {{FHL|419490|subject-id|disp=IDAHO - MINORITIES}}. One such group for which an index is being created is the Japanese (see [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Japan/index.asp Japanese Immigration to the United States 1887-1924], a web site created by BYU-Idaho). | A few records of other ethnic groups are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under {{FHL|419490|subject-id|disp=IDAHO - MINORITIES}}. One such group for which an index is being created is the Japanese (see [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Japan/index.asp Japanese Immigration to the United States 1887-1924], a web site created by BYU-Idaho). | ||