City of Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho

City of Idaho Falls Bonneville County, Idaho

Mapped Location

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Information

General information on City of Idaho Falls

Feature Type: Incorporated

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Idaho Falls

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name	Description
City of Idaho Falls	Official
Bruceville Cemetery	Official
Idaho Falls	Official
Eagle Rock	Historical

Origin Notes and History of City of Idaho Falls

References to City of Idaho Falls that document the origin of its place name

EAGLE ROCK, Bonneville County.—This place is now called Idaho Falls, the name having been changed in 1890. Snake River here falls over the edge of a lava flow, and the incessant wear of the running water has cut the falls back into the lava sheet fully half a mile, and they are now at the head of a narrow canyon, the walls of which are at one point barely fifty feet apart. In 1864, a ferry was established near this place to accommodate the miners that were rushing to the Montana placer fields, and in 1866 J. M. Taylor built a toll bridge known as "Taylor's bridge." The bridge paid so well that a store and town were soon started by Robert Anderson. Just above the bridge, in the middle of the stream, with the waters swirling on either side as they rushed through the narrow channel, was a massive rock. Here, safe from harm and molestation, an American eagle for many years built its nest and reared its young. This suggested a name, and the little community was christened "Eagle Rock."—GUIDEBOOK, Overland Route.

John E. Rees, B. Sc. in Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

Rees, John E., Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography, 1918 W.B. Conkey Company, pp. 71 | Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

Bonneville County

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Last updated: 2017-01-07