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West — 29 dossiers on file

The heaviest files in Idaho

The Idaho drawer of the West record runs 29 files deep — 13 of them ghost towns, 20 of them open to the public. What follows is the record ranked heaviest first, starting with Old Idaho Penitentiary.

29
dossiers on file
20
open to visitors
1872
oldest dated · Old Idaho Penitentiary
Apparition
most-filed claim · 13 files

The 25 deepest files

  1. 01Old Idaho Penitentiary5 claims

    Historic prison associated with reported whispers.

  2. 02Egyptian Theatre3 claims

    Theatre with projectionist ghost folklore.

  3. 03Cataldo Mission2 claims

    The 1850s Jesuit mission—Idaho’s oldest standing building.

  4. 04Silver City2 claims

    Partially inhabited historic mining settlement.

  5. 05Wallace2 claims

    The "Silver Capital of the World"—where the bordellos stayed open until 1991.

  6. 06Custer1 claim
  7. 07Thunder Mountain / Roosevelt1 claim
  8. 08Bonanza1 claim
  9. 09Idaho City1 claim
  10. 10Payette Lake (Sharlie)1 claim
  11. 11State Hospital South1 claim
  12. 12Yankee Fork Gold Dredge1 claim
  13. 13Burke1 claim
  14. 14Atlanta1 claim
  15. 15Florence1 claim
  16. 16Minidoka1 claim
  17. 17Pierce1 claim
  18. 18Bayhorse0 claims
  19. 19Bear River Massacre Site0 claims
  20. 20Minidoka National Historic Site0 claims
  21. 21Albion State Normal School0 claims
  22. 22Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns0 claims
  23. 23Burgdorf0 claims
  24. 24Chesterfield0 claims
  25. 25Gilmore0 claims

The rest of the shelf

Ranks 26–29 — shallower files, still on record, still sorted by depth.

Filed alongside

Idaho recordField guide
By filing type:Ghost towns13

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · ranked with the archive