Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameLute Jackson Dearing 
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247Birth Date17 Aug 1893
Birth PlaceMount Idaho, Idaho Co., ID, USA
FatherJames Clement Dearing (1870-)
MotherCora May Hoopingarner (1874-)
Misc. Notes
Lute’s birthplace Mount Idaho is a ghost town that once served as county seat of Idaho County from 1875 to 1902.
The town of Mount Idaho was founded around 1862 as an outpost serving nearby gold mining areas. By 1873 Mount Idaho was connected by stagecoach with Lewiston.
During the 1877Nez Perce War a hotel in Mount Idaho served as a hospital. Some of the dead from that conflict were buried in the town's cemetery.
By 1892 Mount Idaho was in competition with nearby Grangeville, some 3.5 miles (5.8 km) away, as the main town in Idaho County. The county seat was moved from Mount Idaho to Grangeville ten years later. By 1922, when the town's post office closed, Mount Idaho had been effectively assimilated by Grangeville.2767
The town of Mount Idaho was founded around 1862 as an outpost serving nearby gold mining areas. By 1873 Mount Idaho was connected by stagecoach with Lewiston.
During the 1877Nez Perce War a hotel in Mount Idaho served as a hospital. Some of the dead from that conflict were buried in the town's cemetery.
By 1892 Mount Idaho was in competition with nearby Grangeville, some 3.5 miles (5.8 km) away, as the main town in Idaho County. The county seat was moved from Mount Idaho to Grangeville ten years later. By 1922, when the town's post office closed, Mount Idaho had been effectively assimilated by Grangeville.2767