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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 …

Jerome's history can be followed through the ways people recorded the town: a plat for selling lots, petitions about local government, and later maps of public infrastructure. These records serve different purposes. Together they offer a practical way to study a community whose early development was tied to irrigation, without reducing its history to one founding date. North Side Inn, Jerome, circa 1915. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, AL+CA 1513; public domain. Photo s …