The width of Idaho Territory at its southern boundary was miles. Of this distance, over miles were in Owyhee County. Oneida County bordered Owyhee and Alturus Counties on the east and continued to the territory line. He suggested that it was probably due to a boundary correction straightening out the eastern border between Cassia and Oneida rather than large amounts of land taken from Oneida to create Cassia County.
A handwritten statement made sometime after on the front page of the Cassia County Transcript Book 1 states:. Cassia County including Twin Falls County at that date was known as Cassia County and was sometime about the first of set off from Owayhee County to be known as Cassia. Simon P.
Weatherman, County recorder, traveled to Silver City, the county seat of Owyhee County, and transcribed all of the Owyhee County records which involved Cassia County residents. A photocopy of the Transcript Book is available to the public at the Recorder's office in the Cassia County Courthouse and the original book has been archived [9] There are shelves of original books containing marriage records, some birth and death records, deeds, mortgages, etc.
Court records are also available, though they have been archived and require the county officials to locate them. It wasn't until the early 's, however, that families began to settle here. The lands along the Wasatch Front were becoming "crowded" and many families moved northward, congregating along the streams where water was available for irrigation and the native grasses grew in meadows that could be harvested for hay.
Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were created, schools established, and a few stores opened. The stage and freight trains passed through the Albion valley, and in the 's, some travelers decided that the mountain valley was a good place to settle. While there were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who settled there, a bustling town soon sprang up with shops, saloons, hotels, a Masonic Hall, and churches of various denominations.
A teacher's college was established in In the early 's, the Minidoka Project, a reclamation program, built dams on the Snake River, establishing a series of canals which opened thousands of acres of fertile land in the Magic Valley for irrigation.
The influx of people coming to claim the land established the towns of Burley, Rupert, Twin Falls, Declo, etc. Many people found farming the fertile soil with plentiful water a much more profitable lifestyle than the small ranches scattered along the creeks of the west. In , the lower Minidoka Project area around the present cities of Burley and Rupert was a nearly uninhabited sagebrush desert with only a few scattered ranches.
After construction of the initial phases of the project brought water to the land, giving opportunity for expansion, it became a prosperous, highly developed farm area. By , 2, farms were in operation, there were 6 towns, and the total population was about 17, This may have been due to boundary corrections. For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator.
The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county: [12]. Albion Burley Declo Malta Oakley. The preceding list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites.
Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.
The types of records that follow are used for genealogy and family history. Most tell what you may learn and how to locate the records. Links to Internet sites usually go directly to Cassia County, Idaho Genealogy entries with names, images, or information. Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Cassia County have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through their family history centers.
They are also available at the Idaho State Archives in Boise. Details of the county records in these respective institutions can be obtained from their online catalogs or listings. Original records which have been microfilmed and more recent records are in the county courthouse in Burley [13].
There are many cemeteries in Cassia County. For the cemeteries in or immediately adjacent to the cities, please see the city pages for the cities listed above. There is a collection of cemetery records for Cassia County, some including copies with funeral programs, obituarires and photos of tombstones for various cemeteries including:. Most of these projects have been done by community members and not all have been updated to include current listings. Contact the Burley Family History Center for more information or help in searching these cemetery records.
Phone: or e-mail: Family History Center. For a summary of census records for the state of Idaho, see Idaho Census Records. The federal census for Idaho was destroyed. However, the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library is creating a list of Idaho residents by indexing a variety of records, This reconstructed list will substitute for the destroyed federal census. Cassia County is included in this reconstructed census.
Haight, president. The stake boundaries encompassed most of southern Cassia County and the stake leaders had to cross several mountain ranges on horseback or in buggies to visit the wards. The minute books of the County Commissioners contain interesting tidbits of history about the county as well as the names of individuals appealing to the County Commissioners for action on issues of concern to them. Minutes of those meetings were recorded from the formation of the county, for most counties.
Some counties now post the minutes of current meetings online. Most of these records have been preserved in the county courthouses of the State of Idaho. Few have been microfilmed. Contact the county clerk for information about years covered and availability. The records filmed include civil suits, divorce papers, judgment dockets, etc. Additional court records and more recent records are housed at the Cassia County courthouse in Burley, Idaho, and can be accessed by making a visit there.
Land and Property records are generally found in the county courthouse of the county in which the transactions took place, and can be accessed by visiting the Cassia county courthouse in Burley, Idaho. World War I draft registration cards, , for Cassia County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library their microfilm number and are also available online at Ancestry.
The Cassia County GenWeb site also has these records online. Often overlooked by the genealogist, this group of volumes may contain affidavits for citizenship, final disposition of estates, divorce decrees, and many other types of valuable documents.
The content varies from county to county, year to year and from clerk to clerk. When the estate case files, civil or criminal files are not available or have been destroyed, you may find key documents recorded here. Most counties will have an index to this series and it is a must search if the information you are seeking is not found elsewhere.
The originals are held in the Cassia County courthouse in Burley, Idaho and can be accessed by visiting there. Copies in the Idaho State Archives are available for viewing in Boise.
The Idaho State Archives has microfilmed several Cassia County newspapers which are available at their facility in Boise.
Obituaries from Newspapers There is a collection of obituaries at the Burley Family History Center covering the period of to with a few dating back to , and additions as they come as published in the local newspapers. The collection contains those persons who resided in Cassia and Minidoka Counties. They are indexed by year. Contact our center and we will be happy to look up obituaries. Phone: or e-mail: Burley Family History Center. As of April, , the earliest probate case files are found in the Cassia County Recorder's Office vault on the main floor of the courthouse located in Burley, Idaho.
They have been removed from the old tri-fold metal boxes and put into six bankers boxes. No efforts have been made to unfold them but the packets have been put into alphabetical order.
Be sure to check with your 4-H leader to find out if there are requirements for the project. You do not have to complete all of the activities in the project guide or manual. The member, parents and leader choose the activities. You may plan to do a little or a lot based on your interests and abilities. Project plans and goals change as your interests change. Some projects take a few days, weeks or even months.
Some projects are repeated or undertaken again the following year to learn more and accomplish more goals. Not all of these projects may be offered by your club or county 4-H program, but this is a great place to explore.
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