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Challis was founded in 1878 and named for A.P. Challis, who was a surveyor when the townsite was laid out. [8] Challis post office was established in 1878. [9]Twin Peaks Sports, the I.O.O.F. Hall, and a number of other buildings in Challis are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, most as a result of an Idaho State Historical Society study of historical resources in ...
State Highway 75 begins in Lincoln County at Shoshone at a junction with US-93 on Greenwood Street at an elevation of just under 4,000 feet (1,220 m) above sea level.The highway heads northward, and ascends the Big Wood River valley, into Blaine County, past the Magic Reservoir to the west and crosses US-20 at Timmerman Junction at 4,884 feet (1,490 m).
US-93 creates the northern terminus of State Highway 75 just south of Challis and takes over as the northern leg of the Salmon River Scenic Byway. [2] It descends with the Salmon River as it winds north around the edge of the Lost River and Lemhi mountain ranges into the city of Salmon at 4,004 feet (1,220 m).
State Highway 21 (SH-21), also known as the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway, [2] is a state highway in Idaho.It runs from Boise to Stanley, primarily as a two-lane road.With two-thirds of its length in Boise County, it passes by historic Idaho City and the village of Lowman to the western edge of the Sawtooth Mountains, then along their northern boundary to Stanley.
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park is a history-oriented public recreation area covering 521 acres (211 ha) in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The state park interprets Idaho's frontier mining history, including the ghost towns Bayhorse, Bonanza, and Custer. The interpretive center near Challis has a museum and gold panning station.
During the 1920s, in lieu of numbering its highways, Idaho had a system of lettered Sampson Trails. [2] They were marked by businessman Charles B. Sampson of Boise at no expense to the state, using orange-colored shields. [3] By 1929, the trails system had included 6,500 miles (10,500 km) of marked highways that covered most of the state. [4]
Between 1926 and 1977 a road between Shoshone, Idaho, and Challis, Idaho, was also labeled US 93 Alternate. This stretch of road is now designated as part of US 93. The pre-1977 routing of 93 between those points is now designated as Idaho State Highway 75.
Leatherman Peak, 12,228 feet (3,727 m), second highest in Idaho, in the Lost River Range in eastern Custer County. Custer County is a rural mountain county in the center of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,275, [1] making it the fifth-least populous county in Idaho. The county seat is Challis. [2]