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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3R_balanced-rock_Buhl-ID.html
48 ft. high & 40 ft. wideBase is only3 ft. x 175 in. wideA rhyolite monolith shaped bydifferential weathering
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16S4_shoshone-falls_Kimberly-ID.html
Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project.In 1900 Ira B. Perrine began seeking investors for a hydroelectric plant at Shoshone Falls, ultimately forming the Shoshone Falls Power Company on March 9, 1904. In 1907, the site was sold to William S. Kuhn, a…
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Attempted a mile long leap of the Snake River Canyon on Sept. 8, 1974 employing a unique skycycle. The large dirt ramp is visible approx. 2 miles east of this point on the south ridge of the canyon. Donated to the community by Sunset Memorial
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16RY_perrine-memorial-bridge_Twin-Falls-ID.html
Lower marker:The structure you now see spanning the Snake River Canyon was completed in July 1976 at a cost of $9,700,000. It is 1500 feet in length with the roadway approximately 480 feet above the Snake River. This arch structure replaced the tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16RX_ira-burton-perrine_Twin-Falls-ID.html
I. B. Perrine was an early Twin Falls settler and developer who made his home — Blue Lakes Ranch — in the Snake River Canyon. His vision, planning and dedication led to Twin Falls growth from a desert outpost to a flourishing city.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML5V_paynes-ferry_Hagerman-ID.html
A scow powered by oarsmen let Oregon Trail wagons cross Snake River here from 1852 to 1870. Then Overland Stage service from Boise to a rail terminal in Kelton, Utah was moved to this crossing, and M.E. Payne installed a large (14 by 60 foot) n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML5U_fishing-falls_Hagerman-ID.html
When John C. Fremont came this way mapping emigrant roads in 1843, he found an important Indian village at Fishing Falls (Kanaka rapids) about 4 miles above here. He reported that native salmon spearers there were "unusually gay...fond of laugh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4C_salmon-falls_Hagerman-ID.html
In 1812, Joseph Miller found 100 lodges of Indians spearing thousands of salmon each afternoon at a cascade below here. Each summer they dried a year's supply. After 1842, they also traded salmon to Oregon Trail emigrants. John C. Fremont marve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4B_thousand-springs_Hagerman-ID.html
Old lava flow changed the geologic structure of this area and thus created a multitude of famous springs here. Over thousands of years, volcanic activity repeatedly spread lava over the Snake River plain, slowly forcing the river southward in a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2G_caldron-linn_Murtaugh-ID.html
In 1811 the Hunt party likened the terrific torrent of the Snake River three miles east of here to a boiling caldron, adding the the old Scottish word "linn," meaning a waterfall. They had lost a man and a canoe in a roaring chute upstream. Fi…
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