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Orofino oro-FEE-noh; ("fine gold" [ore] in Spanish) is a city in and the county seat of Clearwater County, [4] Idaho, United States, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River. It is the major city within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation .
The Orofino Historic District is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) historic district in Orofino, Idaho that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is bounded roughly by 2nd, Dewey, Main, Johnson, and 6th Streets in Orofino. [1] It includes one- and two-story frame houses and commercial buildings developed during 1895–1932.
Elias D. Pierce and Wilbur F. Bassett made the first discovery of gold in Idaho, on Orofino Creek (Canal Gulch) in 1860, 1 mile (2 km) north of present-day Pierce. Until 1904, Clearwater County was part of Shoshone County to the north. It was annexed by Nez Perce County for several years and then was established as a new county in 1911. [3]
Police said Henderson, of Orofino, Idaho, on Wednesday was the victim of a homicide that traced back to two men who staged an attack against Department of Correction officers at Saint Alphonsus ...
This is a list of state prisons in Idaho.There are no federal prisons in Idaho and this list does not include county jails located in the state of Idaho.. The state contracted with the Corrections Corporation of America to operate the Idaho Correctional Institution - Orofino until the state took back operations in January 2014. [1]
Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino (ICIO) (19] is a modified old state school and hospital mental health building in Orofino. [13] [20] A new wing was added in 1988. It is a standard prison designed for male offenders of all custody levels.