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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 …

Status checked November 7, 2026, at 10:22 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Idaho’s official flag-status page continues to list both the U.S. and Idaho flags at half-staff. Governor Brad Little issued the directive on November 5 to honor Joseph Wyatt Gates of Raft River, a firefighter who died in the line of duty in Cassia County. This is an update on an existing Idaho directive, not a new nationwide order. When should flags return to full staff? The governor’s announcement says the lower …

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 …