The following books provide insights into early days in Valley County:
Early Days in Long Valley: Pioneers, Settlers.
By Signe Bollari Callender, 1986(?)
The Middle Fork and the Sheepeater War.By John Carrey (ed.).1980.
Thunder Mountain (a novel).By Zane Grey
Looking Back: Sketches of Early Days in Idaho's High Country. By Beverly Ingraham. 1992.
Metsker's Atlas of Valley County (1881-1940). (85 maps). by Charles F. Metsker. (no date)
All Along the River: Territorial and Pioneer Days on the Payette River.By Nellie Ireton Mills., 1963.
Middle Fork {of the Salmon River} History. By Moe Midmore. 1970.
Finnish Settlers of Long Valley, Idaho. By Merle A. Reinikka & Gene A. Knapp. 1990.
The Log Trains of Southern Idaho. By Jim Witherell. 1989.
Copies of these books may be located in the Cascade or McCall Public Libraries, the Roseberry Museum, and/or the Idaho State Historical/Genealogical Library in Boise, ID.
Additionally,the U.S. Payette National Forest, Heritage Program has a number of publications relating to specialized aspects of the history of Valley County. Among these are:
- The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933 to 1941, on the Payette National Forest. By Dan Dzuranin.1994.
Wilderness of the Heart: An early history of the land and the people of the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness".By Sheila D. Reddy. 1995.
American Indians of Idaho, The Payette National Forest and the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness.By Sheila D. Reddy, 1995.
An Overview of History in the Drainage Basin of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.By Mary P. Rossillon. 1981. (Boise National Forest)
To Idaho's Klondike: The Thunder Mountain Gold Rush, 1901-1909.By Bob Waite.1994.
© 2006 Sherri Paustian