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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-895e1_a-battle-becomes-a-massacre_Preston-ID.html
The four-hour fight left the Shoshone band decimated and terrified. Lodges, food caches and belongings were burned and women and children murdered. Chief Bear Hunter was cruelly tortured to death. When the killing ceased, the massacre field was st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-825b6_zcmi-co-op-building_Franklin-ID.html
Official outlet of the ZCMI (Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution), "America's First Department Store". This building housed the Franklin Co-op from circa 1877 to 1900. It was part of the ZCMI co-operative system serving more than 150 commun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-de409_the-birthplace-of-samuel-p-cowley_Franklin-ID.html
Samuel Cowley was born in Franklin, Idaho on July 23, 1899 to parents Matthais F. Cowley and Luella Parkinson. He was the fifth son in the family of nine sons and six daughters. The Cowleys lived here until Sam was six years old and the family rel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-edd01_old-fort-of-franklin_Franklin-ID.html
Franklin, the first permanent Anglo-Saxon settlement in Idaho, was settled in 1860 by a group of Mormon Pioneer families from Utah. The fort in which they first lived was erected for protection against Indians, men standing guard outside at night …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-3fef1_lorenzo-hill-hatch-john-doney-houses_Franklin-ID.html
These two buildings are examples of the types of houses that were built in Franklin and other Mormon communities from the 1860s to the 1880s. Typically early Franklin dwellings were simple cabins with a central hall, as the residents prospered the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-66044_idahos-oldest-town_Franklin-ID.html
Franklin was settled April 14, 1860 by Mormon pioneers. The free local museum exhibits a large collection of tools and relics of pioneer days.
The founding of Franklin was part of a well organized plan of Mormon expansion. Church authorities…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-75b73_hatch-house_Franklin-ID.html
In 1874, Bishop L.H. Hatch built a mansion that has been preserved as a fine example of pioneer Idaho architecture.
Idaho's only railroad serving Montana's thriving mining camps, reached here that year — a time of depression between gold…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-e4127_franklins-pioneer-school-house-1860_Franklin-ID.html
The first school in the new colony was in the home of Hannah Comish, who was the teacher. This was the first white school taught in the State of Idaho. Her home was located on the east side of the fort where she taught about 20 pupils with a three…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-703d9_franklin-historic-district_Franklin-ID.html
Franklin is Idaho's oldest town. Settled in 1860 by Mormon pioneers who traveled to the vicinity of the confluence of Worm Creek and Muddy River, by year's end, 61 Latter-day Saints (LDS) families were there. The LDS laid out a fort-style village,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-7c822_bidwell-bartleson-trail-small-brook_Preston-ID.html
First Overland Emigrant Party
"Left the river on account of the hills which obstructed our way on it, ... Road uncommonly broken, did not reach the river, distance about 4 miles" — John Bidwell, Saturday, August 14, 1841
"We traveled …