Oro Fino (historical) Clearwater County, Idaho
Mapped Location
Oro Fino (historical): The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Oro Fino (historical)
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Oro Fino (historical)
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Oro Fino (historical) | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Oro Fino (historical)
References to Oro Fino (historical) that document the origin of its place name
ORO FINO CREEK, Clearwater County.—This word is of Spanish origin brought from the south and means "Oro," "gold" and "Fino," "pure" and was applied to this stream by Capt. E. D. Pierce of California, the leader of the discovery party that struck placer diggings on this creek in 1860. The creek on which the party camped they named Oro Fino and the gulch where the gold was discovered and which opened into the creek was called Canal Gulch and is the place where placer gold was first mined to any extent in this state. Their camp grew into a town afterwards called Pierce City for Captain Pierce, the discoverer. —BANCROFT, History of Washington, Idaho and Montana.
Clearwater County
- Ahsahka
- Best Corner
- Bingo Creek Landing
- Blake
- Boehls
- Bruce Eddy
- Brunning
- Cardiff
- Cardiff Mill
- Cavendish
- Cayuse Junction
- Cooper
- Cow Creek
- Cully Moores
- Dent
- City of Elk River
- Five Corners
- Fraser
- Greer
- Haley
- Hansberg
- Headquarters
- Hollywood
- Isabella Landing
- Jaype
- Johnson
- Johnson
- Johnsons Mill
- Judge Town
- Kameron
- Konkolville
- Moose City
- Musselshell
- Neva
- Omill
- Oro Fino (historical)
- City of Orofino
- Peck
- City of Pierce
- Riverside
- Rudo
- Slocum
- Teakean
- The Cedars
- City of Weippe
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2016-12-20