Building the Dredge

Historical marker location:

Bonanza City (ghost town), Idaho

( Marker is on Yankee Fork Road - Custer Motorway Adventure Road near Ramey Creek Road, on the left when traveling south.)

In the late 1800s, Idaho experienced a gold rush that attracted thousands of people to the state in search of riches. One of the most famous mining towns was Custer, which was home to more than 15,000 people at its peak but was eventually abandoned after the gold ran out.