A history of Mullan,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Mullan from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mullan came into existence 142 years ago in 1884 with the discovery of gold at the Gold Hunter Mine, which turned out to be a lead and silver producer. That same year, George Good made a lead-silver strike with the Morning Mine and Mullan came into existence between the two mines. By 1887, Mullan was also known as "Nigger Prairie." The site was filed in August 1888, after the village had twenty log and fifteen frame houses, a sawmill, and a population of 150. The Northern Pacific Railway arrived in 1889 and the city was incorporated in 1904.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Mullan’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBird's-eye view of Mullan, Idaho,…, c. 1904: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Mullan
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Mullan, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as NPScurve (1903) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.