Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
Lewiston City Hall P.O. Box 617 Lewiston, ID 83501 Phone: (208) 746-3671

Current
There are three Wardsand one Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lewiston. Go to the website above for times and places.

Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Church History Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at its Family History Centers. Records of the Lewiston Branch (1947-1948) are in this collection.

Current
Our Lady of Lourdes Church‎ 2015 13th Ave Lewiston, ID 83501-3043

(208) 743-6101

St Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church‎ 633 5th Ave Lewiston, ID 83501-2499

(208) 743-7331

Historical
Records of the St Stanisaus Catholic Church(1920-1965 ) and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (1947-1965) have been microfilmed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah from records held in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise. These films can be viewed at the Library in Salt Lake City or in any of it Family History Centers.

Other
Many other churches in Lewiston are listed, along with their location and contact information in this website.

Directories
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, state and regional directories.

Funeral Homes
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home 920 21st Ave Lewiston, Idaho 83501 (208) 743-6541 http://www.vassar-rawls.com/fh/home/home.cfm?&fh_id=11233&ck=1 Mountain View Funeral Home 3521 7th St Lewiston, Idaho 8350 (208) 743-9464 http://www.mtviewfuneralhome.com/fh/home/home.cfm?&fh_id=10112&ck=1 '''Malcom's Brower-Wann Funeral;;; 1711 18th St Lewiston, Idaho 83501 (208) 743-4578 http://www.malcomsfuneralhome.com/

History
For a number of years after the founding of Franklin and Richmond in 1860 the tract of country lying between Bear River and Cub River was utilized as a grazing country and used as such by the people of these settlements. The first effort to found a settlement in that locality proved unsuccessful through the failure of bring water for irrigation upon some 25,000 acres of land which was surveyed, but a second attempt, made in 1870, proved successful, when water for irrigation purpose was brought in from Worm Creek and later, also, through a long canal, tapping Cub River. The locality was, in the beginning, referred to as “Starvation Corner,” “Poverty Flat,” Hardscrabble” and other such names, but Lewiston finally became one of the best grain-growing districts in the Valleys of the Rocky Mountains. The raising of sugar beets and potatoes is one of the chief industries. The total population of the Lewiston Precinct was 1,783 in 1930.

Additional history of Lewiston, Idaho and the early Mormon settlers there can be found in: Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 429.

Current
Morning Tribune 505 C Street Lewiston, ID 83501 Ph. 208-743-9411 email - alford@limtribune.com Daily

Historical
Copies of issues of Lewiston newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise.