Doc2 – White Spring Ranch

9001890 John and Theodore Lorang

16 June 2020, 15:50

In 1890, brothers John and Theodore Lorang decided to buy additional property just South of the Ranch....

8901890, John and Theodore buy cattle and horses

16 June 2020, 16:13

This was a tremendous purchase for the Ranch. The large barn wasn’t built until 1898. There were...

8801891, New Genesee, West side

16 June 2020, 17:10

Thanks to Earl Bennett, Genesee for this map. Frank Gesellchen, Mary Lorang’s brother, owned the...

8791891, New Genesee, East Side

16 June 2020, 17:38

Thanks to Earl Bennett, Genesee, for this map.

8701891, Genesee Farmer's Alliance

16 June 2020, 17:45

John Lorang was one of the founding members of the Genesee Farmer’s Alliance.

8651891, Receipt from John Volmer

16 June 2020, 17:51

In the early days of Genesee, farmers and businessmen would borrow from each other, writing promissory...

8601892 John and Mary Lorang purchase 80 acres

16 June 2020, 18:42

The first property bought in 1886 from William Dillingham was 160 acres, then brother Theodore and John...

8571893 Household Assistance Book

16 June 2020, 19:35

One of the over 400 books found in the Log cabin and Curio cabin in 2003. Documented by U of Idaho History...

8551894 Land Map

16 June 2020, 18:52

Thanks to Earl Bennett, Genesee

8501897 Inventory of Wheat At Farmer's Alliance

16 June 2020, 19:11

8491897 Wheat at Farmer's Alliance, pg. 2

16 June 2020, 19:14

This is the entire record we found in the Curio cabin, ending at the name Miller.

8451897 Genesee News

16 June 2020, 19:26

John Lorang received and saved many of the Genesee News until 1917, when his son Henry Lorang served...

8401898 Genesee News

16 June 2020, 20:03

This 1898 Genesee News was found as a copy made perhaps in the 1960’s. We later found other copies,...

8391898 Genesee News cont.

16 June 2020, 20:05

This copy of the Genesee News includes 4 large pages, with several illustrations and stories of early...

8201898 Purchase of an 1895 Bicycle

16 June 2020, 20:21

See below for an 1898 photograph of Mary Lorang trying to ride this bicycle with her oldest boys, Peter...

8001901 Munsey's Magazine

16 June 2020, 20:29

Found in the Log cabin in 2003.

7901902, Receipt for the Surrey

16 June 2020, 21:05

7801903 Receipt from Gonzaga College for Peter Lorang.

16 June 2020, 21:15

John’s eldest, Peter Lorang, was sent off to school rather than working on the farm.

White Spring Ranch
1004 Lorang Road
Genesee, Idaho 83832

(208) 416-1006
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