Cache Teton County, Idaho
Mapped Location
Cache: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Cache
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Cache
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Cache | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Cache
References to Cache that document the origin of its place name
CACHE, Teton County.—This is the place where some Hudson Bay trappers, who were the first white men in Pierre's Hole (q. v.), cached some furs. The word is French, "cacher" meaning "to hide." In western pioneering it became necessary at times to abandon temporarily some articles with the intention of returning afterwards for them. The property so abandoned was cached or concealed so as to prevent its loss or injury. As ordinarily prepared, it consisted of a deep pit in the ground in the construction of which the point of paramount importance was to avoid any trace of the work which might attract attention when completed. The best site was in dry soil. The pit was lined with sticks and dry leaves and the goods deposited therein. The concealment consisted in removing all evidence of the cache and leaving the ground looking just as it did before, lf in turf, the sod was scrupulously replaced; in other places a campfire was built over the cache, serving to divert attention. Occasionally caches were made in the sides of vertical cliffs, also in trunks of trees, in clefts of rocks and other places, but nearly always in the ground. When the cache was opened it was said to be "raised," and if broken into by those who had no right to do so they were said to be "lifted." Caches sometimes attained notoriety and have left their names in various localities.—CHITTENDEN, American Fur Trade
Teton County
- Bates
- Cache
- Cedron
- Chapin
- Clawson
- Clementsville
- Darby
- City of Driggs
- Felt
- Fox Creek
- Haden (historical)
- Judkins
- Sam
- City of Tetonia
- The String
- Twin Forks
- Two Forks
- City of Victor
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2016-11-27