As the Latah County Coordinators, we should have jumped on this quicker. HOWEVER,
Christine's version is much more clearer and accurate then what We have on the Latah
County IDGenWeb site. Well done! With your permission, We would like to add it to our web
page.
David & Karen
Sent from my iPhone
David Purtee
On Jun 11, 2016, at 08:31, Christine Storey via
<idgen(a)rootsweb.com> wrote:
Hi Matt, Hope this helps and what you wanted.
It is Latah County, County seat Moscow. Created in 1864 as Lah-Toh County with Coeur
d'Alene as the county seat; later actions dropped the name Lah-Toh and in 1867 put
all of present-day Latah County into Nez Perce County. In 1888 Congress created the county
as we know it, the 16th Idaho County and the only county to be created by Congress. Moscow
was named the county seat.
The County is names for Latah Creek, which drains the NW corner. The name is Nez Perce
and means "The place of pine trees and pestle," because the Indians found stones
here suitable for pulverizing camas roots and shade under the pine trees in which to
work.
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Subject: [IDGENWEB] Origin of Lah-Toh county from 1864-1867
Good Evening Idahoans,
Does anyone know the origin of this name and county of Lah-toh? I'm trying
to cite its original origin.
Thanks,
Matt
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