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Eagle Rock Street Historic District: June 6, 1973 (#73002267) January 13, 1986: 353, 357, 361, and 375 Eagle Rock St. Idaho Falls: 2: Snake River Ranger Station: Snake River Ranger Station: September 20, 1983 (#83000297) July 16, 1993: US Highway 26: Swan Valley: Destroyed by fire in 1992
Idaho Falls hosts the headquarters of the United Potato Growers of Idaho and District 7 of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. It is the home to several small-to-medium-sized national corporations such as North Wind, Inc. and Melaleuca, Inc. [31] The median home price in Idaho Falls was $224,800 in January 2007. [32]
In 1972, a Boy Scout from Idaho Falls constructed a small monument on the west shore of the river, within sight of Eagle Rock. [citation needed] The location is visited by fishermen, hunters, and photographers. The community is easily accessed by exit 128 of Interstate 15 and is due north of Fanning Field, the airport which serves Idaho Falls.
Matt Taylor, a freighter by trade, frequently camped along Black Rock Canyon on his way to the Eagle Rock Ferry. The gorge was narrow, which made the river flow faster, which in turn meant this campsite had fewer mosquitos. One evening he measured the canyon by throwing a stone tied to a string, and learned that the canyon was 83 feet (25 m) wide.
From the building of the ferry in 1863 to 1900 the face of Bonneville County changed considerably. The Utah and Northern Railroad Company made Eagle Rock a division point, built maintenance shops and the town grew. In 1885, Eagle Rock had a population of 1,500. In 1887 the railroad shops moved to Pocatello, leaving Eagle Rock almost a ghost town.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Idaho on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The Museum of Idaho (MOI) is a history and science museum in downtown Idaho Falls, Idaho. The museum features exhibits, collections, and programs focused on the social and environmental history of Idaho and the Intermountain West , as well as prominent traveling exhibits on a variety of subjects.
Early settlers plow the road for Main Street. The city of Blackfoot is located near the center of Bingham County, on the south side of the Snake River. It was designated the county seat by the Thirteenth Territorial Legislature on January 13, 1885. [7] Originally, the county seat was to be Eagle Rock (the original name for Idaho Falls). However ...