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"Our Road Was Very Steep..." Marker image, Touch for more information
By Barry Swackhamer, May 18, 2018
"Our Road Was Very Steep..." Marker
1 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — "Our Road Was Very Steep…"
"… we found a gap in the bluffs of Boise valley, where we turned down and succeeded in reaching the valley in safety, although our road was very steep and stony, and long…" -- P.V. Crawford, 1851
P.V. Crawford . . . Map (db m125856) HM
2 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Abraham Lincoln
Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor of Mount Rushmore Born: St. Charles, Idaho 1867 Died: Chicago, Illinois 1941 Copy executed by Irene Deely of Boise, Idaho 2009 "I have tried to give to posterity, in a true, unstudied picture, a glimpse of . . . Map (db m32232) HM
3 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Abraham Lincoln and Idaho1809 - 2009
President Abraham Lincoln created Idaho Territory, appointed its first officers and judges and addressed Congress about Idaho in 1863 and 1864. He considered Idaho issues in the White House on the afternoon that he was shot and invited the former . . . Map (db m126722) HM
4 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 72 — Airmail Service Reported permanently removed
U.S. commercial airline service began with a Varney Airlines flight from Pasco to Boise which landed here on April 6, 1926. Army planes had delivered airmail before that time. After Varney Airlines was merged with newer companies to become United . . . Map (db m22734) HM
5 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Anduiza Hotel and Fronton619 Grove Street
The play was intense and furious: men smacking a leather-covered ball with their hands, or whipping their paddles, or palas, through the air. The sport, pelota, was brought to Idaho by early Basque immigrants. Juan and Juana Anduiza . . . Map (db m119131) HM
6 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Anduiza Hotel and Fronton
This unique building was built for Juan Cruz Anduiza in 1912 as a boarding house for Basque sheepherders who wintered in Boise. The rooms were across the front and down the side of the building and the kitchen, dining room, etc. wee in the . . . Map (db m119133) HM
7 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 376 — Arrowrock Dam
Higher than any other dam from 1915 until 1934, Arrowrock Dam still is an essential part of Boise Valley's irrigation system. Located six miles upstream from here, Arrowrock is 350 feet high and 1,150 feet wide. Built at a cost of $4,725,000 . . . Map (db m22597) HM
8 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Bar GernikaBasque Pub & Eatery — 202 S. Capitol Blvd. —
The clinking of glasses, the clang of silverware, good conversation and enjoyable times have long been a part of this corner. Food and drink are especially important to the Basques, drawing people together in this highly social culture. Constructed . . . Map (db m119127) HM
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9 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 379 — Basque Country
Idaho has a large Basque community that preserves it's ancient European traditions in a new land of opportunity. Coming here originally to herd sheep on mountain and desert ranges, they shifted into other occupations as quickly as possible, making . . . Map (db m31680) HM
10 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Basque Museum and Cultural Center611 Grove Street
Far from their homeland, the temperate, verdant, Euskadi, away from their lively communal life of feast days and dancing, of pelota games and good wind, Basques in Idaho found themselves in an arid land where few spoke the native tongue. Many . . . Map (db m119130) HM
11 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 359 — Beaver Dick's Ferry
In 1863 and 1864, overland packers hauling supplies from Salt Lake City to Idaho City crossed here and took a direct route northward to More's Creek. They cut a steep grade from the Oregon Trail down to Beaver Dick's Ferry, which served a . . . Map (db m22641) HM
12 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Boise High School1010 W. Washington Street
In 1903, Boise High School opened to students in an elaborate, red brick Victorian building. As the city grew, more space was needed and a new building was designed by the firm of Tourtellotte and Hummel. In order to minimize disruption to students, . . . Map (db m111328) HM
13 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 402 — Boise State University Reported permanently removed
Expanding from a two-year community college (1932-1965) to a campus with a graduate program, Boise State was designated as a university in 1974. Originating as an Episcopalian academy founded in 1892, this institution was located a mile north of . . . Map (db m22735) HM
14 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Bonneville Point
From this old Indian trail later known as the Old Oregon Trail Captain B,L,E, Bonnevilles partner on first sighting the river May 1833 exclaimed - Les Bois Les Bois Voyes Les Bois meaning The Woods The Woods See The Woods Capt Bonneville . . . Map (db m71837) HM
15 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Bonneville PointThe Oregon Trail
From the high ridge above the Boise River 5 miles southwest of here, westward-bound travelers got their first view of the Boise Valley. In 1811, Wilson Price Hunt and the Overland Astorians' party were the first white sojourners to enjoy the scene. . . . Map (db m119002) HM
16 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Captain Bonneville
Bonneville Point According to tradition, a hunting party led by the explorer Captain Benjamin Bonneville reached this promontory in 1833. They saw the lush river valley below and exclaimed in French, “Les bois; les bois; vouyez . . . Map (db m71835) HM
17 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Cyrus Jacobs/Uberuaga House607 Grove Street
The Cyrus Jacobs home, built in 1864, is the oldest surviving brick dwelling in Boise. Jacobs, a prominent merchant and mayor of Boise, lived here for almost 40 years. Beginning in 1910, it became the residence of Basque families - first, the . . . Map (db m119186) HM
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18 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Davis Orchard
Julia Davis Park was donated to the City of Bosie by the area's first homesteader, Thomas Jefferson Davis. He arrived in Boise in the spring of 1863, and his claim was the first to be filed in Idaho Territory. The claim was for 320 acres, most of . . . Map (db m125827) HM
19 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Diversion Dam
In the late 1800s, Idaho Territory needed to attract homesteaders to farm the Boise Valley. At the time, the area was dry sagebrush desert. A young engineer, Arthur Foote, designed a great canal system that was to allow the Boise River to . . . Map (db m119027) HM
20 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 343 — Diversion Dam
Diversion Dam was completed in 1909 to lift water into an already constructed New York canal system, greatly expanding its irrigated farmlands. After a quarter century of failure to dig a large canal above Diversion Dam, United States Reclamation . . . Map (db m22586) HM
21 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Ezra MeekerThe Oregon Trail
In 1906, at the age of seventy-five, Ezra Meeker began a journey east from his home in Puyallup, Washington, to retrace the route of the Oregon Trail over which he originally traveled in 1852 with his wife and young son. He traveled the route with . . . Map (db m118993) HM
22 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Fort BoiseThe Oregon Trail
Concern for the safety of westward-bound emigrants became more immediate when news of the Utter party's disastrous confrontation with hostile Indians on September 9 and 10, 1860, reached western settlements. Colonel George Wright, commander of . . . Map (db m119004) HM
23 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Frank SteunenbergGovernor of Idaho — 1897-1900 —
When in 1899 organized lawlessness challenged the power of Idaho, he upheld the dignity of the state, enforced its authority and restored law and order within its boundaries, for which he was assassinated in 1905. “Rugged in body, . . . Map (db m128543) HM
24 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Grove Street Warehouse608/610/612 Grove Street
Imagine leafy Lombary poplars, dazzling rose bushes, lush gardens, circular walks, stately homes, and huge churning waterwheels along a wide avenue, and you'll get a picture of early days on Grove Street. The profusion of leaves and petals was . . . Map (db m119189) HM
25 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Heath Building176 S. Capitol Blvd.
The thread of several cultures, wrapped around a mystery, winds its way through this site. Originally, a log cabin stood here, occupied in the early 1860s by a Boise sheriff. Later, a house was built on the site and deeded by the mayor to Dr. . . . Map (db m119126) HM
26 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Idaho State PenitentiaryFounded 1868
New addition built 1893 Prison Commissioners William J. McConnell, Gov. Jas. F. Curtis, Sec. of State Geo.M. Parsons, Atty. Gen. Jas. King, Arch’t.Map (db m63000)
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27 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Idaho's Emigrant TrailsThe Oregon Trail
Westward-bound emigrants entered Idaho after crossing Thomas Fork Valley. They soon encountered the climb and descent of Big Hill, witnessed nature's curiosities at Soda Springs, and discovered willing traders at Fort Hall. In 1843 wagons . . . Map (db m118992) HM
28 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Idaho's Liberty Bell Replica
This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of Idaho by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury As the inspirational symbol of the United States Savings Bonds Independence . . . Map (db m128542) HM
29 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Jesus Urquides Packs a Mule, 1925
In 1850, at age seventeen, Jesus Urquides joined the California gold rush to Stockton and the Sierra Nevadas. In 1860, striking out on his own, he followed the rush to Walla Walla, Lewiston, and The Dalles. Boise Basin’s 1863 gold rush lured . . . Map (db m110696) HM
30 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Jesus Urquides, Circa 1870
Legendary mule packer Jesus Urquides was a Boise pioneer and founder of a freighting business located on this site. Born January 18, 1833 in Sonora, Mexico, Urquides migrated to the California gold fields in 1850 where he worked as a mule packer . . . Map (db m110694) HM
31 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Kelton RoadThe Oregon Trail
After the transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869, new stage and freight routes were established to connect southwester Idaho with newly established railheads. Kelton, Utah, soon became the main shipping point for Boise, when John . . . Map (db m118996) HM
32 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 156 — L.D.S. Pioneers of Boise
Soon after the discovery of Gold in Northern Idaho (1862) the City of Boise was founded (1863). Its first people were the U.S. Cavalry, Merchants, Mining and Stockmen. Although a few Mormons from Utah had previously lived in this valley, it was not . . . Map (db m125829) HM
33 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Laiak(LIE-yak) A traditional Basque tool used for turning the soil
(English:) For centuries, Basques have used the "laiak" to prepare the earth for planting. This photo, from the early 1900s, shows Basque women poised for work. From its stone base to its seven flying ribbons, the sculpture embraces . . . Map (db m119128) HM
34 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Maria Dolores (Lola) Binnard, circa 1910
Maria Dolores (Lola) Urquides was born to Jesus and Adelaida Urquides on October 8, 1882. She married Daniel H. Binnard in 1902, but he died suddenly in 1915 and Lola moved back to 115 Main Street to care for her aging father until his death in . . . Map (db m110689) HM
35 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — McClelland Ferry
Near this spot the McClelland Ferry Crossed the river in 1864.Map (db m119202) HM
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36 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 318 — More's Creek
More's Creek is named for J. Marion More, leader of the party of miners who founded Idaho City, October 7, 1862. Like most of Idaho's early miners, he came originally from the South. Unlike most of them, he struck it rich. During the Idaho gold . . . Map (db m22595) HM
37 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Old Oregon Trail
Along this historic trail, from 1841 to 1861, traveled the greatest land migration in history. Nearly half a million pioneers came to settle America's Northwest. One out of every eight would perish along the way.Map (db m125859) HM
38 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Old Oregon Trail - West Boise
Between 1843 and 1869 over 300,000 emigrants fulfilled Americas's Manifest Destiny by voluntarily relocating to Oregon and California. Their nearly 2,000 mile journey along game trails long used by the early Native Americans would become known as . . . Map (db m119239) HM
39 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 375 — Oregon Trail
Indians, trappers, and emigrants who came this way before 1900 used a more direct route to get between Boise and Glenns Ferry. Their road still can be seen at Bonneville Point 5 miles from here. Following close to a line of hills bordering a . . . Map (db m22181) HM
40 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Oregon Trail Monument
Placed here by Ezra Meeker on May 9, 1906 Pioneer • Preservationist • Visionary Ezra Meeker was largely responsible for locating and preserving the Old Oregon Trail. To commemorate the centennial of this monument, a time capsule of . . . Map (db m128544) HM
41 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Reinhold ChrystmanAn Evangelical Christian "Chose"
As manager of the Piotrkow Trybunalski Glass Factory, he saved over 700 Jews during the Holocaust while risking his own life. (Poland 1944) Memoir of Alina Braun Rindler, A Survivor Donated by the Jewish American Society for Historic . . . Map (db m134549) HM
42 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Sacajawea and Pomp
Sacajawea and Pomp Sacajawea was a Lemhi Shoshoni Indian born near Salmon, Idaho around 1790. She was the only Idaho native, and the only female, to be a member of the famed Lewis and Clark "Corps of Discovery" expedition that opened up the . . . Map (db m73205) HM
43 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 10 — Site 10 ★ Blacks Creek Road Crossing
Wednesday September 15th "Today we traveled up a long hill some 4 miles. Road good, ascent very gradual. When we arrived at the top we got a grand view of the Boise River Valley. It is all filled or covered with dry grass and a few trees . . . Map (db m125787) HM
44 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — The Basque Center601 Grove Street
A place to call out the name of an old friend, play the card game “mus,” sit down to a meal, or dance to the music of the accordion and the txistu, the melodic Basque flute. All communities need somewhere to meet, and this is one place the . . . Map (db m119187) HM
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45 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 1 — The Boise Gallery of Art - 1937Boise Art Museum — Did You Know? —
Since opening in 1937, this building has been the center of Boise's art community. In 1933, with financing from the federal Public Works Administration (PWA), the City of Boise broke ground for construction of the new Boise Gallery of Art. . . . Map (db m119194) HM
46 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — The Chico Club
“One of the fine new buildings in Boise,” heralded the Idaho Statesman newspaper in 1935, when the Belaustegui Hotel & Basque Boarding House was constructed by Augustin and Petra Belaustegui. A few years later, part of the hotel . . . Map (db m119188) HM
47 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — The Foote Legacy in Idaho
The Canyon House was located across the Boise River from where you are standing. The house was designed and built by Arthur De Wint Foote in 1885, using funds from literary works by his wife, Mary Hallock Foote. As Chief Engineer for the Idaho . . . Map (db m119029) HM
48 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — The Fur Trade and the Tide of Emigration
Hunt’s party laid the groundwork for future trapping expeditions across the Snake River Plain. Donald Mackenzie, who accompanies Hunt and later joined the British North West Company, returned to establish trade relations with resident Indian bands. . . . Map (db m71834) HM
49 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — The Hunt Expedition
Beaver pelts lured the first Euro-Americans deep into the American West. In 1810, only four years after Lewis and Clark completed their epic journey, John Jacob Astor established the Pacific Fur Company. He soon financed sea and land expeditions to . . . Map (db m71832) HM
50 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 3 — The Log Cabin1940 — Did You Know? —
This log cabin is built of native Idaho woods, and each room inside is paneled is a different species. Originally known as Chateau de Bois. this cabin was erected in 1940 to house the state forester. Built by the Civilian . . . Map (db m119193) HM
51 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — The O'Farrell Cabin
The O'Farrell Cabin Boise's first home and place of worship Built by John O'Farrell 1863Map (db m135266) HM
52 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 151 — The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail is still clearly visible coming off the rimrock across the river. Here the west bound emigrants after 1840 came gratefully down into this green valley. The first cart passed here with Spalding and Whitman, pioneer missionaries, . . . Map (db m22639) HM
53 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — The Shoshone and Northern PaiuteEchoes of an Ancient Homeland
The landscape before you is part of the homeland of the Shoshone, Bannock, and Northern Paiute Indians. They occupied these lands for countless generations before the arrival of Euro-Americans. Living in small bands of several families, their lives . . . Map (db m71830) HM
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54 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — The Story of Julia & Tom Davis
Few things in Boise compare with the quiet charm of Julia Davis Park. Edging the north bank of the Boise River downstream from Broadway Ave. to just beyond Capitol Blvd., this emerald jewel is the setting for the city's major cultural institutions: . . . Map (db m125828) HM
55 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 2 — The WPA (Works Project Administration)1935-1943 — Did You Know? —
Created in May 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the WPA was the largest of his New Deal relief programs... The WPA created jobs and provided income to many Idahoans during the Great Depression. The program funded thousands of . . . Map (db m119200) HM
56 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — 16 — Tom and Julia Davis Homesite1889 — Did You Know? —
On this very site stood the home of Boise pioneers Tom and Julia Davis. In 1889, the Davis family built this fashionable Victorian home on a section of their homestead extending from Front Street to the Boise River. This handsome . . . Map (db m119190) HM
57 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Urquides Village, Southern Edge, circa 1958
In 1879, with the death of his friend Antonio de Ocampo, the packer Urquides inherited Ocampo’s city lot at 115 Main Street. Here along a canal he built a home for his wife, Adelaida, their sons, Arthur and Manuel and daughter, Maria . . . Map (db m110693) HM
58 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Warm Springs Avenue
The Warm Springs Avenue neighborhood began to emerge in the 1890’s, soon after Kelly Hot Springs, for which the street was named, was tapped to provide water for Boise’s fire hydrants. The prominent owners of the water line built their mansions on . . . Map (db m109839) HM
59 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Wheels of Change
"When we first came in sight of Boise City and valley we were upon a hill seven miles distant." -- Julius Caesar Merrill, 1864 Creaking, groaning wheels, the dust so thick that the hunch-back oxen ahead looked more like tawny . . . Map (db m125861) HM
60 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Whitman Overlook
(Three Panels are found at this overlook:) "The River Boise..." "Descending some steep hills we came down on the river 'Boisee,' which deserved its appellation from the dense fringes of cottonwood and willow trees that . . . Map (db m125862) HM
61 Idaho, Ada County, Boise — Wilson Price Hunt Expedition
In Memory of Wilson Price Hunt Expedition First Whites to visit Boise Valley 1811 Map (db m119203) HM
62 Idaho, Ada County, Eagle — O.F. Short House
This stately home was built in 1906 by landowner and farmer Oliver Francis Short. The one and a half stories and fifteen rooms were home to the Shorts and their two children. The Short farm played an important role in the agricultural community, . . . Map (db m227654) HM
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63 Idaho, Ada County, Meridian — 193 — Initial Point
All Idaho land surveys refer to a beginning point --"Initial Point"-- 16 miles directly south of here. When he began surveying Idaho in 1867, Lafayette Cartee, first surveyor general of Idaho Territory, established the initial point on a . . . Map (db m53439) HM
64 Idaho, Adams County, Council — 420 — Old Railroads
An ambitious railroad project to a high Seven Devils copper mine (elevation 6800 ft.) created a lot of excitement here in 1898-1899. This would have been Idaho's highest mountain railroad if funding had been available to complete it. Construction . . . Map (db m23226) HM
65 Idaho, Adams County, Meadows — 183 — Packer John's Cabin
John Welch -- always known as Packer John -- hauled supplies from Lewiston to Idaho City during a major Boise Basin gold rush of 1863-1864. He built a cabin (1/4 mile north of here) that immediately became an historic Idaho landmark. Territorial . . . Map (db m37957) HM
66 Idaho, Adams County, Mesa — 374 — Mesa Orchards
For more than half a century, after 1910, an apple orchard of nearly 1400 acres, thought to be the largest in the United States under one management, covered this area. Investors, mostly from the eastern U.S., bought 10-acre shares to finance the . . . Map (db m23222) HM
67 Idaho, Adams County, New Meadows — J. I. Morgan, Inc.
In 1946 Jack Morgan and his brother Ed purchased the logging division at New Meadows, Idaho, from Boise Payette Lumber Company. The new company was called J. I. Morgan, Inc. In the years that followed, the company was . . . Map (db m110379) HM
68 Idaho, Adams County, New Meadows — Packer John's Cabin
One fourth mile north. Built 1862 First Democratic Territorial Convention held in Cabin Fall of 1863 Map (db m119372) HM
69 Idaho, Bannock County, Arimo — 329 — Oneida Station
An act of Congress, approved April 1878, gave the Utah & Northern Railroad Co. permission to build a narrow gauge line through Marsh Valley. It reached Oneida by July of 1878, where the first station was built. The town attained a population of . . . Map (db m140074) HM
70 Idaho, Bannock County, Downey — 119 — Captain Jefferson Hunt, Soldier, Pioneer, ChurchmanBorn January 20, 1804 in Kentucky - Died May 11, 1879 in Idaho
Charles Jefferson Hunt served in the Mormon Battalion as Captain of Company “A” and as assistant executive officer. In its historic march from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego, California, 1846 - 47. His service won the commendation of . . . Map (db m48986) HM
71 Idaho, Bannock County, Downey — 269 — Pioneer Cabin
This cabin, one of the first built on the Nine Mile Creek in Marsh Valley, was erected by William Jackson and Cyrus Coffin before 1866. Later it was purchased by Abigail Coffin who with her sons, Nathan, Cyrus, and William were among the first . . . Map (db m140126) HM
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72 Idaho, Bannock County, Downey — 171 — Red Rock Pass
You are standing in the outlet of ancient Lake Bonneville, a vast prehistoric inland sea, of which Salt Lake is modern remnant Covering over 20,000 square miles when it overflowed here about 14,500 years ago, its winding shoreline would have . . . Map (db m105831) HM
73 Idaho, Bannock County, Downey — 287 — Stage Coach Station
In 1874 the Wells-Fargo stage line assigned Wm.A. Tillotson to operate a station in Marsh Valley. where the trail crossed Sage Creek (now Yago Creek). This route skirted the eastern side of the valley and extended from Franklin, Idaho to mining . . . Map (db m140075) HM
74 Idaho, Bannock County, Inkom — 280 — First School House
Fort Hall Indian Reservation was established by government order July 14, 1867. Following treaties made with the Shoshone Indians in July, 1902 a portion of the reservation was open for white settlement. Homesteaders moved into the beautiful Inkom . . . Map (db m140282) HM
75 Idaho, Bannock County, Inkom — 17 — Idaho's 1st Railroad
Through this canyon once puffed the wood-burning locomotives of the narrow-gauge Utah and Northern Railway. Construction, undertaken by a Mormon Co-op, came northward from a junction with the transcontinental line, but stopped in 1874 at . . . Map (db m108284) HM
76 Idaho, Bannock County, Lava Hot Springs — Furs and farms, fire and floods...... the rise of Lava Hot Springs
(This marker consists of series of photographs and their captions.) The community of Lava Hot Springs is located at a strategic crossroads between the Rockies, the Great Basin, and the West. The year-round availability of natural hot . . . Map (db m108259) HM
77 Idaho, Bannock County, Lava Hot Springs — 13 — Lava Hot Springs
Long before white men discovered these springs, Sept. 9, 1812, Indians gathered here to use the free hot water. Except wheen they found hot springs, pre-historic Indians had a hard time getting hot water. The wove watertight baskets into . . . Map (db m124585) HM
78 Idaho, Bannock County, Lava Hot Springs — 406 — Lava Hot Springs
Centuries ago the Bannock-Shoshone Indian tribes set aside these natural hot mineral springs as neutral ground for all tribes. Trapper Joseph Miller and party camped here in 1812. By 1863, it was a favorite stop for Oregon Trail travelers. Most . . . Map (db m140285) HM
79 Idaho, Bannock County, Lava Hot Springs — Lava Hot Springs' healing waters
(This marker is composed of series of photographs and their captions.) Good for what ails you! Idaho's hot springs have drawn people to them for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Long before indoor plumbing and hot water . . . Map (db m108255) HM
80 Idaho, Bannock County, Lava Hot Springs — Lead Bell Mining Company
In 1921, William Godfrey and CJ Lundgren registered the Lead Bell Mining Company, Portneuf District with 1,000,000 shares at par value 10 cents. Operated 1925-1938. Sd (sic) Colton, Pres. Drecilla Godfrey, Sec. Wm Godfrey, Mgr. Mined Lead, Zinc, . . . Map (db m108257) HM
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81 Idaho, Bannock County, McCammon — Location, location, location....
McCammon's mogul (two photos at bottom left) In 1865 William H. Murphy operated a toll bridge on the Portneuf River mainly used by miners traveling from Utah to the Montana goldfields. Murphy and his wife Catherine Scott Murphy . . . Map (db m108261) HM
82 Idaho, Bannock County, McCammon — 560 — McCammon Railroad Center
The development of McCammon was closely associated with the transportation industry. William Murphy, in early 1863, built the first toll bridge, and McCammon became the nucleus of the Overland Stage Lines. H.O. Harkness acquired the toll bridge . . . Map (db m108262) HM
83 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — 503 — Chief Pocatello
In an era of emigrants, Mormon settlers and the military, Pocatello emerged as a strong leader of the the Hukenduka Shoshone. Born after 1810, Pocatello claimed this area and surrounding territories as his homeland. He soon watched his . . . Map (db m108286) HM
84 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — Chief Theater1938 - 1993
The Chief Theater opened on January 5, 1938. Admission to the first show, "Bad Man of Brimstone", was 49 cents. The downtown landmark provided entertainment until it was closed in 1982. The Chief Foundation began work on refurbishing the buildings . . . Map (db m108307) HM
85 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — Fort Hall
A registered national historical landmark Indian and trapper trading post established by Nathaniel J. Wyeth in 1834 and sold to Hudson's Bay Company in 1837 It was the vital point on the Oregon and California immigration trails and in establishing . . . Map (db m108304) HM
86 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — 289 — Idaho State University
This great institution began here on Sept. 22, 1902, with 4 teachers and 40 students. Originally the Academy of Idaho, it became Idaho Technical Institute in 1915, the Southern Branch of the University of Idaho in 1927, and Idaho State . . . Map (db m108306) HM
87 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — Native FoodsChief Pocatello Monument
Shoshone Foods The Shoshone were experts in securing a living from the land around them. They made intense use of the animals and plants available to them, and nothing was wasted. Big Game Traditional foods including . . . Map (db m108327) HM
88 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — Old Fort Hall
Fort Hall, Keystone on the Oregon Trail, America's road to destiny, was located 14 miles north of this site. It was dedicated by Nathaniel J. Wyeth, Bostonian, on Aug. 5th 1834. Unable to compete with Hudson's Bay Co., Fort Boise; Wyeth sold the . . . Map (db m108305) HM
89 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — Pocatello’s LifeChief Pocatello Monument
Chief Pocatello - Born in a Time of Change It is hard to imagine the change Pocatello saw during his lifetime, and the challenges to his people's way of life to which he was forced to respond. Early Life Pocatello was . . . Map (db m108331) HM
90 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — Pocatello's Name in WWIIChief Pocatello Monument
Chief Pocatello's memory was honored by giving his name to two fighting vessels in World War II. USS Pocatello Tacoma-Class Frigate Launched October 17, 1943. It was sponsored by Miss Thelma Dixey, Chief Pocatello's . . . Map (db m108326) HM
91 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — The City of PocatelloChief Pocatello Monument
Pocatello's origin lies in the railroads an the role they played in westward expansion. In the late-1800's, what would become Pocatello was a rest stop on the Utah and Northern Railroad, which went from Utah to Butte, Montana. In 1882, . . . Map (db m108325) HM
92 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — The ShoshoneChief Pocatello Monument
Chief Pocatello's People -- The Shoshone The band led by Chief Pocatello were members of the Shoshone tribe. Shoshone territory included most of Idaho, northern Utah, northern Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Central Nevada and in California, in . . . Map (db m108328) HM
93 Idaho, Bannock County, Pocatello — 291 — Utah & Northern Railroad
This monument marks the route of the first Idaho railroad. The Utah & Northern narrow gauge was started as a Mormon co-op at Ogden, Utah in 1871. It reached Franklin, Idaho in 1874. Union Pacific interests extended the line to Garrison, Montana . . . Map (db m125573) HM
94 Idaho, Bear Lake County, Bloomington — 380 — Bloomington
In Spring 1864 Miranda Campbell and sons, Warren and David; John B. Dunn and family arrived here. Others followed, dug irrigation canals, surveyed townsites into 1 acre lots. By Fall, 40 one-room log homes, also 16 x 20 ft. log schoolhouse with huge . . . Map (db m140163) HM
95 Idaho, Bear Lake County, Bloomington — 319 — British SettlersBear Lake — LDS Church —
Most early Bear Lake settlers came from Britain. One was the first woman convert to the LDS church in Europe. Born in Preston, England, Aug. 24, 1806. Ann Elizabeth Walmsley Palmer was baptized July 30, 1837. An invalid, she was carried into the . . . Map (db m99318) HM
96 Idaho, Bear Lake County, Fish Haven — 384 — Bear Lake
Discovered in 1812 by trappers returning home from Astoria, Oregon, this valley and its large lake soon became an important fur trade center. Donald Mackenzie, Jim Bridger and a host of famous beaver hunters operated here. Two major summer . . . Map (db m105867) HM
97 Idaho, Bear Lake County, Fish Haven — 294 — Settlement of Fish Haven
The Bear Lake resort town of Fish Haven was founded in 1864. Most of the original settlers moved away, leaving Thomas and William Shirley, Henry Howell, John Stock and their families the first permanent settlers. Joseph C. Rich and John Bagley threw . . . Map (db m140164) HM
98 Idaho, Bear Lake County, Georgetown — 499 — First Public Building
In 1870, Brigham Young appointed Ezra T. Clark, David Hess, and Nicholas Barkdull to colonize this area. Originally known a Twin Creeks, Joseph C. Rich surveyed the site in 1871. In 1872, the new settlement was named Georgetown in honor . . . Map (db m140244) HM
99 Idaho, Bear Lake County, Georgetown — 410 — Georgetown's First Public Building
In the spring of 1871, Joseph C. Rich surveyed the Twin Creeks area, later called Georgetown. In 1874, logs were hauled from the mountains for this cabin built originally on the corner of the block across the street and one block east and used for . . . Map (db m140243) HM
100 Idaho, Bear Lake County, Georgetown — This verdant valley, a welcome oasis
"Here we found pure water, sufficient for all of us and our cattle. Here we found oceans of grass and thousands of acres of rich, level land covered with wild flax." P.V. Crawford, July 8, 1851
Lush . . . Map (db m140217) HM

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