Payette-Canyon County ID Archives Obituaries.....Dewey, W. H. 1903
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Payette Independent  5-14-1903
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, May 14, 1903

Death of Col. W. H. Dewey

Colonel W. H. Dewey, who was probably the most widely known capitalist and 
promoter of Idaho, died at his home in Nampa early last Saturday morning. The 
cause of his death was dropsy and liver complications. Colonel Dewey was 81 
years of age. He left an estate in the hands of his son, E. H. Dewey, valued 
at about $1,000,000. His career was a most adventurous one and marked him as a 
man remarkable in many respects. The history of his achievements in Idaho 
began in 1864 and he had always been a leading figure in some new venture and 
was always remarkably successful where others had predicted failure. His 
latest achievement was the erection of the magnificent Dewey palace hotel at 
Nampa, at a cost of over a quarter of a million dollars, where his death 
occurred.

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