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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28XY_the-evolution-of-a-river-terrace_Riggins-ID.html
From Allatlo'puh to Gouge-Eye to Riggins
The river terrace, now known as Riggins, has a long and varied history. Although it is known that the general area has been used by various groups of Native Americans for about 11,500 years, the oldest act…
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Riggins' first hotel, Hotel Riggins, built in 1894 by pioneering businessman Dick Riggins, was located in the center of town across from Berger Street. The hotel also served as the post office and in 1901, Dick Riggins was appointed as the first p…
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Riggins' first store was opened in 1897 by George Curtis, a storekeeper from nearby Lucile. Curtis converted Riggins' first saloon into a much needed general store.
In 1903, Maggie Clay Rhoades and her sister, Carrie Belle Clay, hired carpenter…
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First School (photo upper left)
The area's first school opened its door in 1894 on a flat near the river in north Riggins. The small log cabin, with few windows and a fireplace, served as the classroom for fourteen students in grades one throu…
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There were no formal churches in Riggins until the 1930s, but the early pioneers have always gathered together to worship. Jim Aitken, and other early homesteaders, often met in the schoolhouse to teach Sunday School from lesson plans taken from t…
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Before you stands the north tower of the original Manning Crevice Bridge. The original bridge was located approximately 14 miles up on the Big Salmon Road. A new bridge was built and opened in 2018.
HISTORY: The Crevice Bridge was first funded…
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Riggins Area Honor Roll
World War I
John Alkire · Henry Baker · Ed Boodry · George Boodry · Ed Clark · Vic Hinkley · Preston Jewett · Grenville Kimbrough · Mervin Mc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28W8_entrepreneur-j-j-goff_Riggins-ID.html
Before the wagon road from White Bird to Meadows was completed in 1903, travelers endured a trecherous (sic) and roundabout overland journey. Seeing the need for a faster and more direct route, the enterprising J.J. Goff offered ferry service acro…
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Lighthouse of Highway 95
In 1946, Jim and Velma Summerville built a liquor bar, cafe, and supperclub. Summerville's Cafe and Club was known as "The Lighthouse of Highway 95," welcoming countless travelers to their 24-hour cafe. Jim and Velma m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28W0_from-the-beginning_Riggins-ID.html
Before recorded history, the area we know as Riggins was on the west coast of the North American Continent. Thousands of miles to the west was the Pacific Plate, covered by ocean with only a few high points rising above the water. This plate was m…