Shoup, George Laird, 1836-1904

Summary A miscellaneous assortment of material from Shoup's varied career as Idaho territorial legislator, territorial and later state governor, and U.S. senator. Included is a copy of a diary kept during Shoup's military campaigns in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas (1862-1863); correspondence and receipts relating to his Salmon City, Idaho, store; a letter from James McTucker of Blackfoot recounting the Birch Creek Massacre; a letter from John A. Wright of the Lemhi Indian Agency regarding payments...