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Clifford Fuller set up a trading post on his new homestead. The town (Orofino-on-the-Clearwater) was established the next year. [9] The railroad, later part of the Camas Prairie Railroad, was constructed from Lewiston in 1899. [10] Orofino is home to state institutions: Idaho State Hospital North and the Idaho Correctional Institution–Orofino.
Winters can be cold, although extended periods of bitter cold weather below zero are unusual. Idaho's all-time highest temperature of 118 °F (48 °C) was recorded at Orofino on July 28, 1934; [13] [14] the all-time lowest temperature of −60 °F (−51 °C) was recorded at Island Park Dam on January 18, 1943. [15]
Elias D. Pierce and Wilbur F. Bassett made the first discovery of gold in Idaho, on Orofino Creek (Canal Gulch) in 1860, 1 mile (2 km) north of present-day Pierce. Until 1904, Clearwater County was part of Shoshone County to the north. It was annexed by Nez Perce County for several years and then was established as a new county in 1911. [3]
The last rounds of showers and thunderstorms associated with the North American monsoon are on deck as a big change in the weather pattern will soon end the tropical influx of moisture over the ...
Thousands flocked to Florence. As a result, Idaho County was founded 164 years ago as a region of Washington Territory on December 20, 1861, [5] named for a steamer called Idaho that was launched on the Columbia River in 1860. It was reorganized by the Idaho Territorial Legislature on February 4, 1864. In this context, the Idaho Territory and ...