Processed in May of 2006.
Acquisition information is unknown.
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The Austin family resided near the Liberty, Idaho area.
The collection contains an array of items spanning a period from the 1860s into the 1920s. Included are land patent certificates, livestock brand inspections, water records, and for a co-operative in Paris, Idaho.
The two significant items in the collection are the water documents and the Paris co-operative scrip. The water-related papers pertain to the Liberty Town and Ditch Company. Included here are two affidavits that describe the construction of the first canal in 1886. The other items are two pieces of the Paris Co-operative scrip. One is for fifty cents and the other is for five cents, and both are dated 1886. Currently these are the only known surviving copies of scrip from the Paris Co-operative.
This collection is arranged by subject.
Concerning the initial construction of the canal.
Four land certificates file on land in the Liberty, Idaho area.
One fifty cent certificate for the Paris Co-operative.
One five cent certificate for the Paris Co-operative.
Both are dated 1886 and are the only known copies in existence.