Editing Pierce, Idaho (section)

==History==
The first discovery of [[gold]] in Idaho (then [[Washington Territory]]) was made by [[Elias D. Pierce]] and Wilbur F. Bassett on Orofino Creek (Canal Gulch) in October 1860, a mile (1.6&nbsp;km) north of Pierce.<ref>[http://www.minersshanty.net/cedarhistory.htm Miner Shanty.net] - Pierce history - accessed 2011-12-30</ref><ref name=plfgsii>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JLpeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1086%2C737705|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=Pierce was location of first gold strike in Idaho in 1860|date=October 6, 1955|page=6-LCSE}}</ref> On land ceded to the [[Nez Perce]] people at the [[Walla Walla Council (1855)|Walla Walla Council]] in 1855 (with a [[36th United States Congress|1859]] treaty), the gold discovery led to significant reduction of that agreement in 1863, and the [[Nez Perce War]] in 1877.

Pierce was the first [[county seat]] for [[Shoshone County, Idaho|Shoshone County]], which was established in January 1861 in Washington Territory and for most of its first year included most of present-day Idaho and [[Wyoming]].<ref>"Idaho for the Curious", by Cort Conley, ©1982, {{ISBN|0-9603566-3-0}}, p.62-69</ref><ref>[http://www.idahohistory.net/pierce.html Idaho History.net] - Pierce</ref> The [[Pierce Courthouse]], constructed in 1862, is Idaho's oldest public building.<ref>[http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0946.pdf Idaho History.net] - reference series - 0946</ref> [[Idaho Territory]] was established in 1863, and the county seat moved north to the [[Silver Valley, Idaho|Silver Valley]] in [[Murray, Idaho|Murray]] in 1884 (and to [[Wallace, Idaho|Wallace]] in 1898).  Present-day Clearwater County, formed in 1911, was part of Shoshone County until 1904, when it was annexed by Nez Perce County.