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Market Lake Wildlife Management Area at 5,071 acres (20.52 km 2) is an Idaho wildlife management area in Jefferson County north of the town of Roberts. The WMA was established in 1956 to restore a portion of Market Lake for migrating and breeding waterfowl. Water in the WMA comes from natural springs and artesian wells beneath the igneous rock.
Minidoka National Historic Site
Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness
Old Mission State Park
October 29, 1974. The Minidoka Dam is an earthfill dam in the western United States, on the Snake River in south central Idaho. Completed in 1906, the dam is east of Rupert on county highway 400; it is 86 feet (26 m) high and nearly a mile (1.6 km) in length, with a 2,400-foot (730 m) wide overflow spillway section.
The dam was constructed as the principal feature of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Palisades Project. The Palisades Project supplements the storage and power generation facilities of the earlier Minidoka and Michaud Flats projects, which serve irrigation interest in Idaho on the Snake River Plain, saving about 1,350,000 acre-feet (1.67 km 3) through the winter for use in the growing season.
History of Idaho
Jackson Lake Dam. Early studies for irrigation in southern Idaho began in 1889-90 by the U.S. Geological Survey. The data developed were made available to the Reclamation Service after the passage of the 1902 Reclamation Act. The Minidoka Project was established in 1904, with construction of Minidoka Dam starting the same year.