Silver City Flashcards
What are the two main mountains seen in Silver City?
Florida and War Eagle
What were two of the main things mined in Silver City
Gold and silver
What was the first county seat of Owyhee County?
Ruby City
What year was Owyhee County established?
- (Dec. 31 to be precise)
What year was Silver City established?
1864
What was the first newspaper established there called? (It is still published today.)
Owyhee Avalanche
What was the name of the man legally hung in Silver City in 1881?
Henry McDonald
Why was he hung?
Suspected of murder
Mr. Jamison told us a story about a female ghost that is supposedly still haunting the area where the War Eagle Hotel used to be. Who was she? (General. Don’t need a name.)
A singer in one of the performance troops that came to Silver City. She sang with her group, then died in the hotel that night. People say they can hear her singing each year on the anniversary of her death.
What is the name of the church on the hill in Silver City?
Our Lady of the Tears
What was the maximum population that Silver City had?
About 2500 people
Where is the Owyhee County seat now?
Murphy
When we went as a group to the pioneer cemetery up on the hill, what marker told us where it was?
The wooden entryway on the right
Where was the first place we went after eating lunch?
War Eagle Tree
True or False: Silver City is in the Melba School District
True
