Yellow Pine, Idaho
Encyclopedia
Yellow Pine is an unincorporated
census-designated place
in Valley County
, Idaho
, United States
. As of the 2010 census
, its population was 32. Yellow Pine has an area of 0.995 mi2; 0.984 mi2 of this is land, and 0.011 mi2 is water.
Yellow Pine is a 247 acre (0.99957442 km²) "inholder" community in eastern Valley Co., located on the East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River, approximately half a mile upstream from its confluence with Johnson Creek. It is bounded on the north by the Payette National Forest and on the south by the Boise National Forest. Located at 4802 feet (1,463.6 m), Yellow Pine has historically served as the trade center for the larger Yellow Pine basin mining area, including Stibnite. Many of the early miner-settlers came from Warren.
In 1906 Albert Behne established the first post office and mail service. Behne had a dream. A grower of roses who loved classical music and opera, he envisioned a thriving city complete with street cars. In 1924 he received the patent on the 47½ acres where the village presently exists. In 1930, at the age of 76, he plat
ted the original Yellow Pine townsite.
Other original patentees were Oscar Ray Call, Behne's former mining partner, and Henry Abstein.
Abstein, the first patentee in the area, homesteaded 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) north and east of the present townsite. Although his primary interest was mining, he was also an active horticulturist and many of the apple trees that he planted are still living today. His original holdings have since been subdivided.
Yellow Pine is located 50 miles (80.5 km) east of McCall, via the Lick Creek road (open seasonally); 65 miles (104.6 km) from Cascade, via the Warm Lake and Johnson Creek Roads (open seasonally); and 70 miles (112.7 km) from Cascade via the Warm Lake and South Fork Roads (open year around).
It is home to the Yellow Pine Harmonica
Festival, which is held the first weekend in August of each year and draws two to three thousand fans and musicians to the remote back-country of central Idaho
. The Festival has a contest in Diatonic
, Chromatic
and Group categories, as well as open stage activities. There is a "Judges Concert" on Saturday night and again on Sunday morning.
The location of various camping and fishing areas. There are yearly snowmobile trips from Warm Lake to Yellow Pine with an overnight stay at the lodge.
Unincorporated area
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census-designated place
Census-designated place
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in Valley County
Valley County, Idaho
Valley County is a rural county located in west central Idaho in the United States. Established in 1917, it was named after the Long Valley of the North Fork of the Payette River, which extends over 30 miles from Payette Lake at McCall south to Cascade to Round Valley.The valley was formerly a...
, Idaho
Idaho
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, United States
United States
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. As of the 2010 census
United States Census, 2010
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, its population was 32. Yellow Pine has an area of 0.995 mi2; 0.984 mi2 of this is land, and 0.011 mi2 is water.
Yellow Pine is a 247 acre (0.99957442 km²) "inholder" community in eastern Valley Co., located on the East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River, approximately half a mile upstream from its confluence with Johnson Creek. It is bounded on the north by the Payette National Forest and on the south by the Boise National Forest. Located at 4802 feet (1,463.6 m), Yellow Pine has historically served as the trade center for the larger Yellow Pine basin mining area, including Stibnite. Many of the early miner-settlers came from Warren.
In 1906 Albert Behne established the first post office and mail service. Behne had a dream. A grower of roses who loved classical music and opera, he envisioned a thriving city complete with street cars. In 1924 he received the patent on the 47½ acres where the village presently exists. In 1930, at the age of 76, he plat
Plat
A plat in the U.S. is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Other English-speaking countries generally call such documents a cadastral map or plan....
ted the original Yellow Pine townsite.
Other original patentees were Oscar Ray Call, Behne's former mining partner, and Henry Abstein.
Abstein, the first patentee in the area, homesteaded 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) north and east of the present townsite. Although his primary interest was mining, he was also an active horticulturist and many of the apple trees that he planted are still living today. His original holdings have since been subdivided.
Yellow Pine is located 50 miles (80.5 km) east of McCall, via the Lick Creek road (open seasonally); 65 miles (104.6 km) from Cascade, via the Warm Lake and Johnson Creek Roads (open seasonally); and 70 miles (112.7 km) from Cascade via the Warm Lake and South Fork Roads (open year around).
It is home to the Yellow Pine Harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
Festival, which is held the first weekend in August of each year and draws two to three thousand fans and musicians to the remote back-country of central Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
. The Festival has a contest in Diatonic
Diatonic scale
In music theory, a diatonic scale is a seven note, octave-repeating musical scale comprising five whole steps and two half steps for each octave, in which the two half steps are separated from each other by either two or three whole steps...
, Chromatic
Chromatic scale
The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone apart. On a modern piano or other equal-tempered instrument, all the half steps are the same size...
and Group categories, as well as open stage activities. There is a "Judges Concert" on Saturday night and again on Sunday morning.
The location of various camping and fishing areas. There are yearly snowmobile trips from Warm Lake to Yellow Pine with an overnight stay at the lodge.
Local histories
- Cox, Lafe & Emma. Idaho Mountains/Our Home, Life in the Idaho's Back County. VO Ranch Books, 1997.
- Sumner, Nancy. Yellow Pine, Idaho, (printed privately).
External links
- http://www.harmonicacontest.com
- http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~yptimes