Latah County

• Author(s): Julie R. Monroe,
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Pages: 128
• ISBN_10: 1439614601
  ISBN_13: 9781439614600
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Travel / Pictorials , Photography / Subjects & Themes / Historical , Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional , History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) ,

Description:... Its name derived from the Nez Perce language, Latah County is the only county in the United States to have been created by an Act of Congress. The abundance of its natural resourcesfrom blue fields of camas to deep veins of gold, from great stands of white pine trees to vast green grasslandsattracted a diversity of dreamers seeking only the opportunity to build their own futures. Nestled in the heart of the Palouse, an agricultural area of extraordinary production, Latah County is a land of timber and, at Potlatch, was once the site of one of the largest sawmills in the world. At Moscow, it is also the home of the states land-grant institution, the University of Idaho. From the forests of Troy and the ridges of Juliaetta and Kendrick, from the homesteads of Genesee to Bovills hunting lodge and Dearys town site, Latah County has had a rich and varied history.