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American Falls moved before the reservoir covered its original townsite. County history describes an eighteen-month relocation in 1925 and 1926; the state archives preserve records of both moving and demolition. Together, they show how a community continued while its physical setting changed. American Falls dam site looking southeast in 1923. Photograph credited to Capt. A. W. Stevens by University of Idaho Library Digital Collections. This view predates the 1925–1926 relocation and the da …