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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM224T_island-park_Island-Park-ID.html
Two panels make up this marker: Island Park describes the northern part of Fremont County from the top of the Ashton Hill to the Montana border. Within its borders is an ancient volcanic caldera that has been inactive for the last 600,000 year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM224D_pioneer-meeting-house_Saint-Anthony-ID.html
The first house of worship erected in the Upper Snake River Valley, was located approximately five and three-fourths miles west, and one and three-fourths miles south of this marker. It was completed by members of the Egin Branch of the Cache Stak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM224C_m60a3-army-tank_Saint-Anthony-ID.html
No tank performed longer than the M60 series. First introduced in 1961, the M60 series with its advanced weapon control and mighty engine, served under the administration of nine U.S. Presidents. The brawny tank's thick armor eventually shielded t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM224B_world-war-i-memorial-a-war-memorial_Saint-Anthony-ID.html
On 17 January, 1920, this island was granted to St. Anthony from the Federal Government. The statue of the "Doughboy" was ordered by the county in May 1923. When it was installed it was veiled until Memorial Day, 30 May, 1923. O.O. Skalet, Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM224A_fort-henry_Saint-Anthony-ID.html
The first white American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains. Established 1810 by Captain Andrew Henry
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2249_fort-henry_Saint-Anthony-ID.html
In 1810, Andrew Henry and a party of trappers from Saint Louis established a winter outpost about 6 miles west of here. Driven from their upper Missouri beaver camp by hostile Blackfeet, they expanded their operations from United States territo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2243_bear-gulch-ski-basin_Ashton-ID.html
Look around you. You are standing amid a faded dream - a dream to create a premiere ski resort out of wilderness. Much of eastern Idaho during 1938 was considered a frontier when Forest Ranger Rufus Hall searched for a location to build Idaho's se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2242_sawtells-ranch_Island-Park-ID.html
In 1868, Gilman Sawtell started a dude ranch and Henry's Lake fishery that did much to develop this natural resort area. Sawtell did everything from supplying swans for New York's Central Park zoo to building a network of roads for tourists acce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2240_harriman-wildlife-refuge_Island-Park-ID.html
Henry's Fork meanders through an 16,000 acre wildlife refuge that retains diverse habitats for many kinds of birds and animals. Lodgepole pine forests and open meadows provide many opportunities to enjoy wildlife here, and fly fishing still is a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM223Z_fort-henry_Saint-Anthony-ID.html
was built in the fall of 1810 by Captain Andrew Henry and his companions of the Missouri Fur Company, about five miles below here on the left bank of this stream (Henry's Fork of Snake River), first buildings erected by Americans in the present st…
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