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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2F_rock-creek_Hansen-ID.html
The lush willow bottoms of Rock Creek provided Native Americans with a natural campsite. During the early and mid-1800s, Rock Creek was an oasis for the trappers, explorers and Oregon-bound emigrants attempting to traverse the arid Snake River Pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2E_rock-creek-station_Hansen-ID.html
An 1864 overland stage station at Rock Creek, 5 miles south and a mile west of here, offered a desert oasis for 40 years before irrigated farming transformed this area. James Bascom's 1865 store and Herman Stricker's 1900 mansion have been pres…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2D_shoshone-falls_Twin-Falls-ID.html
4 miles east of here, the Snake River falls in thunder 210 feet over a rocky ledge higher than famous Niagara. Indians, trappers, and travellers all knew the "Great Shoshonie." Now the waters upstream have been harnessed for irrigation and powe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2C_college-of-southern-idaho_Twin-Falls-ID.html
In 1964, Twin Falls County voters established a community college, and Jerome County soon voted to join their college district. Started in 1965 as part of a state and national effort to expand local educational opportunity, College of Southern …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKV_shoshone-falls-project_Twin-Falls-ID.html
Owned and operated by Idaho Power, the Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project located on the Snake River, is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as Project No. 2778. The reservoir provides recreation opportunities for boating, fi…
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