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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CW9_woodys-cove-the-hagerman-valley_Hagerman-ID.html
Woody's CoveThis deep, basalt canyon was formed similar to Malad Gorge - by a retreating cataract, a huge waterfall. About four million years ago, local volcanoes spewed enormous amounts of lava over the area. Then, about one million years ago, ru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CV4_the-malad-springs_Bliss-ID.html
Few places in Idaho or the United States show evidence of spring water more clearly than in Malad Gorge. These springs flow from the vast Snake River Aquifer through porous pillow basalts. On the opposite side of the canyon, where the river widens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CV2_formation-of-malad-gorge_Bliss-ID.html
Thousands of years ago, immense flows of water from alpine glaciers and high levels of precipitation sent waters cascading over a broad area of the Snake River Canyon directly into the Snake River. Weak joints in the basalt walls gave way to these…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7R_devils-orchard-trail_Arco-ID.html
Two thousand years ago, nearby volcanoes erupted so violently that they tore themselves apart. Rivers of lava floated huge chunks of crater wall down to this spot. Time passed. Rocks crumbled. The seeds of rabbitbrush and limber pine root in the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7Q_north-crater-lava-flow_Arco-ID.html
After centuries of rest, North Crater stirred once more. The old crater wall broke open and lava poured out carrying great chunks of broken wall. Again it rested. About 2000 years ago, lava flowed out for the last time.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7P_north-crater-flow-trail_Arco-ID.html
Here in the path of a lava flow you can view a variety of volcanic features, now frozen in time. The trail crosses over the most recent of several successive flows that originated from the North Crater area. As you walk the path, imagine slow movi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7N_get-over-it_Arco-ID.html
"To understand the West, you have to get over the color green; you have to quit associating beauty with gardens and lawns?" Wallace Stegner. What was drinking up 80% of the water used in this park? Lawns. *Planting lawns encourages non-nativ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7K_just-down-the-road_Arco-ID.html
The Strangest 75 square miles on the North American continent-Comment from an early traveler. The landscape before you was explosively created by volcanic eruptions. Cracks in the earth's crest allowed lava to blast, plop, and flow onto the sur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7I_vanishing-landmark_Moore-ID.html
From this vantage point, you gaze across 25 miles of lava to Big Southern Butte. Early pioneers, following Goodale's Cutoff from the Oregon Trail, used this land mark to navigate around the rugged lavas of the Snake River Plain. As a traveler toda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C77_eagle-rock-ferry_Idaho-Falls-ID.html
On June 20, 1863, Bill Hickman started a ferry 9 miles up Snake River for thousands of gold hunters headed for mines that now are in Montana. Named for an eagle that had a nest on a rock there, his ferry flourished until James Madison Taylor re…
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