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Perrine moved to Idaho Territory in 1884 and established a farm and ranch operation in the Snake River Canyon near present-day Jerome.. He was a successful farmer and rancher who among other things received a gold medal for his fruit display at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
Milner Dam is a rockfill dam near Burley in south central Idaho. It impounds the Snake River in a reservoir named Milner Lake. The dam spans the river across two islands, with three embankments. Milner Dam was authorized for construction as a privately capitalized venture under the 1894 Carey Act, a precursor to the 1902 Reclamation Act. [3]
At one time, the Rock Creek Station was the largest stage station between Fort Hall and Fort Boise. [2] In 1864, Ben Holladay selected the site for a home station on his Overland Stage Line. In 1865, James Bascom built the Rock Creek Store. In 1876, Herman Stricker purchased the store and remained the proprietor until it closed in 1897. [3]
The falls are upstream (east) of Pillar Falls and Shoshone Falls and just downstream from Milner Dam. Water flows westward over Twin Falls and is controlled by the Twin Falls Dam, built in the 1930s and used for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. There were originally two parallel falls, but the dam permanently diverted the flow ...
Instituted in late July 2022, personnel in the first nine months issued about 1,600 citations assessed in three categories: watering on the wrong day, watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. or ...
The Magic Valley, also known as South Central Idaho, is a region in south-central Idaho constituting Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls counties. It is particularly associated with the agricultural region in the Snake River Plain located in the area. [ 1 ]
Category: Bodies of water of Twin Falls County, Idaho. 1 language. ... Lakes of Twin Falls County, Idaho (1 P) R. Rivers of Twin Falls County, Idaho (1 C, 2 P)
Salmon Falls Dam is a dam constructed across Salmon Falls Creek in Twin Falls County, Idaho, in the United States.Located about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Twin Falls, the concrete arch dam is 217 feet (66 m) high and 450 feet (140 m) long, impounding up to 230,650 acre-feet (0.28450 km 3) of water in Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir. [1]