Silver City Trivia, including details about the city as well as the hotel’s history. This sign hangs on the dining room (back bar) wall of the historic Idaho Hotel.

‘An Idaho “mud wagon” arrives at Silver City’s Idaho Hotel. Provided by Arthur Hart.’ Image courtesy of Idaho Statesman.com.

Historic Idaho Hotel. Built in 1863 in Ruby City, on Jordan Creek (a mile below Silver City). in 1866, two-year-old Silver City became the county seat and many homes and buildings were moved to Silver City. The Idaho Hotel was dismantled, loaded onto sleds and skids and pulled up the snow- and ice-covered road to a new location in Silver City. A three-story addition was added at the same time. [text source: Images of America: Owyhee County, by Robert L. Deen, p 29] Image: Public Domain.

2016 photo of Idaho Hotel in Silver City, Idaho.

Kristin Holt (left) and Charlene Raddon (right) on the upper porch of historic Silver City’s Idaho Hotel.

The stone block Wells Fargo vault with rusted metal door (lower right) within buildings now missing from the original structures. Note: the saloon (1872) formerly attached to this side of the historic Idaho Hotel collapsed beneath the heavy snowfall of the 2004 winter season. The white-fronted wooden building dominating the photograph is the Idaho Hotel.

Rear of the Idaho Hotel. Image Courtesy of PraisePhotography.com.

The Idaho Hotel as viewed upon approach from the road into historic Silver City, Idaho. June 2016.

Kristin Holt (left) and Charlene Raddon (right) [we are both authors of western historical romance], dressed in Victorian-era clothing, on the porch of the Historic Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho.

Shirl Deems, Reader, dressed in real buckskin like a Mountain Man’s lady. On the porch of the historic Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho.

Authors: Ann Charles, Charlene Raddon, and Paty Jager, standing in the street [Washington Street, Silver City, Idaho] (photographer’s back is to the hotel). Note Pat’s What-Not Shop on the right.

Historic check-in area of the historic Idaho Hotel. The half-circle window was a pass-through into the bar behind for the cashier to deliver money to the bartender. Ladies didn’t enter the bar in those days.

Authors: Kristin Holt, Judith Laik, Charlene Raddon, (Honey–Jacquie’s character), Jacquie Rogers, and Paty Jager, together in the lobby of the historic Idaho Hotel. (Note: historical costumes not required–but too much fun!)

Bells, affixed to the front door, alert proprietor to guests’ entrances. Looks original to me!

Kristin Holt in lobby of Silver City, Idaho’s historic Idaho Hotel. Image courtesy of Shirl Deems, reader. Note the displays of antiques, original light fixtures, wooden floorboards, and the round table surrounding a support post.

Stove (wood or coal?) in the lobby of historic Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho.

Vintage travel trunk, hat box, and satchel, on display in the lobby of historic Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho, June 2016. The background shows the telegraph office available to guests, residents, and businesses in Silver City.

Telegraph office in lobby of historic Idaho Hotel in Silver City, Idaho.

Jacquie Rogers (seated, left) at an unusual and clever antique table, built around a support beam in the lobby of historic Idaho Hotel (Silver City, Idaho). Jacquie Rogers held a book signing during her Much Ado About Silver City event in June, 2016. Note the original hardwood floors and display cases filled with antiques associated with the hotel and Silver City.

Antique safe behind the Check-In desk at Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho. Note the bells above the door (top left), the vintage telephone (far right), and the writing desk (lap or tabletop use) on top of the safe. Vintage stationery from a prominent female guest had been found in the desk in this century. See the dual oil lamps and message boxes behind the lap desk (also on top of safe). The lobby is filled with antique treasures!

Original Floors–with such historic character. Lobby of Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho.

Historic public phone booth displayed in the hotel lobby sports a bullet hole. Very Wild West!

Wood-burning stove still used to heat the bar/restaurant area behind the lobby of the historic Idaho Hotel. Note the antique bar and foot-rail in background, with spittoon on the right-hand side of image.

Antique kitchen range visible from the Idaho Hotel’s dining room/bar. Fresh pie is displayed on the cooking surface. The homemade pies are to die for!

Vintage, antique double doors (as viewed from the bar/dining room), separating the Idaho Hotel lobby from the dining room.

Vintage, antique double doors separating lobby from the dining room/bar. This natural-wood (rather than painted) side, as viewed from the lobby.

Antique Upright Grand Piano, in the dining room of historic Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho.

Authors: Paty Jager, Charlene Raddon, and Kristin Holt in Victorian-era costumes. In dining room/bar of Idaho Hotel, June 2016. Image taken by one of my friends there… I believe it may have been Shirl Deems. Note the antique, vintage wallpaper.

Nineteenth-century, business-sized icebox (a.k.a. “refrigerator.”) On display in Hotel dining room.

The hotel’s display walls are filled with so much history! This photograph hangs in the dining room/bar.

Framed picture of the contents and arrangement of the Ladies’ Parlor, Idaho Hotel, Silver City.

Concert Grand piano (1871) and other decor in the Ladies’ Parlor, a room generally closed to the public within the Historic Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho.

Edison Triumph Phonograph, on display in the Ladies’ Parlor, Idaho Hotel of Silver City. Note the rolls stacked on the wooden case.

Secretary (ladies’ desk) on display within Ladies’ Parlor (generally not open to the public), Idaho Hotel.

View through the window of the Ladies’ Parlor.

Felt-topped card table (1878) original to the Billiards Hall. That section now in ruins. Historic Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho.

Closeup of Idaho Hotel Tokens. On display in the Ladies’ Parlor of Idaho Hotel, Silver City.

Idaho Hotel antique monogrammed silver spoon. Ladies’ Parlor, Idaho Hotel.

View from the inside of room 7. (Upper far-left window when viewed from the street). Notice the wooden structure (Fire and Rescue) across the street as viewed through the lace curtains and historic window panes.

Historic Idaho Hotel, Room #8, antique headboard (and foot board, not pictured). The box on the bedside table belonged to a guest; not part of the exquisite furnishings.

Antique hardware (doorknobs and locks). This one was the inside of a guest room on the 2nd floor of Idaho Hotel in Silver City.

“Toilet”, a.k.a. wash stand with pitcher and bowl. On the bottom shelf, see the antique bed warmer. Historic Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho.

Historic Idaho Hotel staircase, as viewed from the second floor landing, outside guest rooms. Silver City, Idaho.

Authors Paty Jager (left) and Kristin Holt (right) visiting late one evening in Shirl Deems’s room at the historic Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho. Note the antique bed frame and vintage wallpaper. Image courtesy of Shirl Deems.

Cover: Idaho Hotel Pamphlet Courtesy of the Idaho Hotel, Silver City, Idaho.

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