City of Salmon Lemhi County, Idaho
Mapped Location
City of Salmon: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on City of Salmon
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Salmon
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| City of Salmon | Official |
| Salmon | Official |
Origin Notes and History of City of Salmon
References to City of Salmon that document the origin of its place name
LEWIS RIVER, Lemhi County.—This is the name which Captain Clark gave to the Salmon River (q.v.) on August 21, 1805, when he arrived at the junction of the Lemhi and Salmon rivers, near where Salmon City now stands. He said: "The western branch of this river (main Salmon) is much larger than the eastern (Lemhi). As Captain Lewis was the first white man who visited its waters. Captain Clark gave it the name of Lewis River." When the expedition arrived at the forks of the Snake and Clearwater rivers on October 10, 1805, they said: "The southern branch (Snake River) is in fact the main stream of Lewis River, on which we encamped while among the Shoshones" (Lemhi), showing that Captains Lewis and Clark referred to the Salmon River and that they knew nothing about the upper Snake River. Cartographers have undertaken to attach the name "Lewis Fork" to the Snake River but the name failed to become permanent and the worthy explorer has been cheated of his just deserts. The name of Lewis for Salmon River was the first name given by the first explorers and their rights in the matter should never have been ignored.—WHEELER,Trail of Lewis and Clark.
Lemhi County
- Baker
- Blackbird
- Carmen
- Cobalt
- Elk Bend
- Forney
- Gibbonsville
- Gilmore
- Hahn
- Junction
- City of Leadore
- Leadville
- Leesburg
- Lemhi
- May
- Nicholia
- North Fork
- Patterson
- City of Salmon
- Shoup
- Tendoy
- Ulysses (historical)
- Williams Lake Resort
- Yellowjacket
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2017-01-10