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In 1874, Bishop L.H. Hatch built a mansion that has been preserved as a fine example of pioneer Idaho architecture. Idaho's only railroad serving Montana's thriving mining camps reached here that year, during a depression between gold rushes when Franklin was Idaho's largest city. Two years later, rail construction resumed and freighters moved on, but Hatch's elegant house remains as a reminder of a bygone era.
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Franklin, Idaho · United States
