[3] Copperfield Park, managed by Idaho Power, occupies the former town site.

When the county authorities failed to get control of the situation, Governor Oswald West announced he was sending his secretary, Fern Hobbs, with a signed declaration of martial law to clean up the place.

[6] The locals, who had been led to believe she was travelling alone, were surprised by state militia who had accompanied Hobbs and enforced martial law on the town after she read the declaration to its inhabitants.

A few months after Hobbs' intervention, a fire "of unknown origin destroyed a block or two of the jerry-built structures.

"[10] There were two more fires, and then the post office closed in 1927, essentially turning Copperfield into a ghost town.