HISTORY MOMENTS The Idaho State Historical Society reports that during this week in history: After nine hours of deliberation on July 29, 1907, the jury in the case of Idaho versus William D. Haywood, a leader of the Western Federation of Miners, finds the defendant not guilty of ordering the assassination of Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg. Eleven years later, Haywood is tried and convicted of sabotaging war industries, is sentenced to thirty years, but escaped to Russia while out on bail pending appeal. He became a trusted confidant of the Bolsheviks and died in 1928 in Moscow. An armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, ending the Korean War. On the same day of the month forty-two years later, the Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington DC. The Idaho Statesman reported on July 28, 1890, “The backbone of the long hot period which tortured us is broken, and suffering humanity rejoices. Teamsters from the north report severe frosts in the vicinity of Idaho City.” The first legislative assembly in English North America convened on July 30, 1619, in Jamestown, Virginia. Gold was found in the Boise Basin on August 2, 1862, marking the discovery of the most significant gold mining district in Idaho. Within a year, Idaho City had a population of 6,200 and surpassed Portland as the largest city in the Northwest. The mining era in the Boise region came to an end in 1934 having produced over $60 million in gold (or over $1.4 billion at 2003 prices) in less than a century.