Bayhorse, Idaho

	Bayhorse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Custer County, Idaho
Nearest city	Challis, Idaho
Coordinates	44°23′52″N 114°18′42″W / 44.39778°N 114.31167°W
Built	1877
NRHP reference No.	76000671
Added to NRHP	March 15, 1976

Bayhorse is a ghost town in Custer County, Idaho, United States, founded in 1877.^[1]^[2] After a new gold mine failed, silver was discovered in the area and a mine was started. Bayhorse was originally established by the silver mine.^{[citation needed]}

In 1976, the entire community was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1] The town property was purchased by the state in 2006 and opened to the public in 2009 as part of the Land of the Yankee Fork State Park.^[3]

Remains

You can walk along the main dirt street and see several preserved ruins of houses and mining equipment. Also intact are charcoal kilns used to make charcoal to smelt the ore from the mines.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
^ The Idaho Statesman ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Bayhorse Ghost Town and Trails System".

External links

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Land of the Yankee Fork State Park
Bay Horse and Clayton, Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[Weis-2] Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.

[3] The Idaho Statesman ^{[dead link‍]}

[4] "Bayhorse Ghost Town and Trails System".

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