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Shoshone (/ ʃ oʊ ˈ ʃ oʊ n / shoh-SHOHN) is the county seat and largest city of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States. [4] The population was 1,653 at the 2020 census . In contrast to the Shoshone Native American tribe for which it is named, the city's name is correctly pronounced "Show-shown", with a silent "e".
Shoshone Falls high flow of about 20,000 cubic feet per second (570 m 3 /s) in June 2011. As early as 1900, locals called for the creation of a national park at Shoshone Falls, although this proposal was never approved by Congress. In 1919, the Shoshone Falls Memorial Park Association proposed a memorial park at the falls for World War I veterans.
In 1957, Mummy Cave was rediscovered by a local resident on the north side of the North Fork Shoshone River, adjacent to U.S. Routes 14/16/20, 15 mi (24 km) east of Yellowstone National Park. [8] Subsequent archeological excavations in the 1960s produced evidence that the cave had been occupied for over 9,000 years. [ 9 ]
The park closed the ice caves to the public in 1980 in order to protect visitors. In 1978, the Paradise Ice Caves had a length of eight miles, according to Caving International magazine.
An ice cave is any type of natural cave (most commonly lava tubes or limestone caves) that contains significant amounts of perennial (year-round) ice. At least a portion of the cave must have a temperature below 0 °C (32 °F) all year round, and water must have traveled into the cave’s cold zone.
Avid hiker Michael Glidden was exploring ice caves 60 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska, when a storm kicked in. The temperatures dropped down to 25 degrees and it started to rain. Seeking shelter ...
Shoshone Cavern National Monument was proclaimed by William Howard Taft on September 21, 1909. [1] On March 17, 1954, the 83rd Congress abolished the monument and transferred the 210 acres (0.85 km 2 ) site to the city of Cody, Wyoming . [ 2 ]
Mummy Cave is a rock shelter and archeological site in Park County, Wyoming, United States, near the eastern entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The site is adjacent to the concurrent U.S. Routes 14 / 16 / 20 , [ 1 ] on the left bank of the North Fork of the Shoshone River [ 2 ] : xii at an altitude of 6,310 feet (1,920 m) in Shoshone ...