Idaho Day Virtual Celebration
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the passage of federal legislation commonly known as the 1872 General Mining Law and the opening of the federal Assay Office in Boise.
Celebrate Idaho Day this year and dig into Idaho’s mining history! Join Dr. Liping Zhu, author of A Chinaman’s Chance and professor of history at Eastern Washington University; HannaLore Hein, State Historian for the Idaho State Historical Society; and Dan Everhart, Outreach Historian from the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office for an online panel discussion exploring Idaho’s contributions to mining history in the Western US.
The conversation is free to attend and starts at 6:00 PM on March 4. Be sure to register in advance and add the event to your calendar.
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