Junction Lemhi County, Idaho
Mapped Location
Junction: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Junction
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Junction
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Junction | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Junction
References to Junction that document the origin of its place name
BANNOCK PASS, Lemhi County.—This is the pass over the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains (q.v.) at the head of Horse Prairie Creek, or Shoshoni cove (q.v.), and is so called because it is the pass over which the wagon road crossed from Bannack, Montana, to Junction, Idaho, the latter place being so named because it was at the junction of the Bannack road from the east and the Mormon road from the south. It was through this pass the Nez Perce Indians (q.v.) recrossed from Montana into Idaho during their raids of 1877. The Gilmore & Pittsburg Railroad crosses the Rocky Mountains by tunneling under this pass.
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: 2016-12-03