Rheumatism and Recreation

Rheumatism and Recreation (HM22FW)

Location: Salmon, ID 83467 Lemhi County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 0.636', W 113° 36.72'

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Pioneer miner and rancher Frank B. Sharkey, who settled near this site in the 1870s, praised this sprig as he soaked in its soothing waters. Around 1890 Eleihu Barnes erected as shanty over the springs to keep the cows out.
In the late 1920s Tom Benedict built an enclosed concrete pool remembered fondly as the "plunge."
The site was abandoned in the late 1960s and the spring reverted to a "gross slimy hole." In 1973 the BLM burned the buildings and filled in the pool for safety reasons. Locals continued to use the area by engineering home made soaking tubs.
On August 20, 2002, the BLM reopened Sharkey Hot Springs for present and future generations to enjoy.
Pahgu-yuah (hot springs) of Puha pay (medicine water) were a sacred place for Lemhi Shoshone (...) cleanse and (...) and body
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HM NumberHM22FW
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Placed ByBureau of Land Management
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Date Added Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 at 1:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 294172 N 4987447
Decimal Degrees45.01060000, -113.61200000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 0.636', W 113° 36.72'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 0' 38.16" N, 113° 36' 43.2" W
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Area Code(s)208
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 60 Warm Springs Rd, Salmon ID 83467, US
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