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American Falls was a landmark waterfall on the Snake River, named after a party of American trappers whose boat went over the falls. The Wilson Price Hunt expedition in 1811 camped at the falls one night and the expedition of John C. Frémont was here in 1843. The Oregon Trail passed north of town, through the present-day reservoir. Power ...
No provision of Idaho law explicitly addresses discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. [38] On November 8, 1994, the voters of Idaho, by a 50.38% to 49.62% vote, rejected Initiative 1, an initiative that would have forbid state and local governments from granting minority status and rights based on homosexual behavior.
Southwest of American Falls along Interstate 86 / U.S. Route 30, and "West of American Falls" 42°39′16″N 113°02′38″W / 42.654444°N 113.043889°W / 42.654444; -113.043889 ( Oregon Trail Historic
Power County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 7,878. [1] The county seat and largest city is American Falls. [2] The county was created by the Idaho Legislature on January 30, 1913, by a partition of Cassia County.
The Power County Courthouse, at 543 Bannock Ave. in American Falls, Idaho is a historic building that includes Classical Revival and Prairie School architecture. It was a work of architect C. A. Sundberg and was built in 1925. [1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]
Idaho Falls was on its way and headed for a future that would one day see it as headquarters for an atomic energy installation; but in the year of 1900, it was still a city under the control of Blackfoot. Blackfoot was the county seat of Bingham County which still harbored Idaho Falls and it was to be 11 years before Idaho Falls became the ...
The historic site where many Oregon Trail emigrants carved their names on a large boulder.It is located along Rock Creek and near the Snake River, roughly 12 miles (19 km) southwest of American Falls along the former routing of U.S. Route 30 (US 30) and near Interstate 86 (with which US 30 now runs concurrent).
The Walter Sparks House, at 408 Roosevelt St. in American Falls in Power County, Idaho, was moved to its current location in 1925 by the Bureau of Reclamation, as part of a project to move much of the town of American Falls out of the way of the American Falls Reservoir.