We Go A Long Way Back
Pocatello History
We go a long way back!
Pocatello & Southeast Idaho History
“Pocatello is pre-eminently a railroad town, and to the railroad she owes her birth as well as her growth.”
Arthur C. Saunders, 1915 from The History of Bannock County Idaho.
100 Years
In Pocatello
1888-1988
100 Years In Pocatello 1888-1988 A History Of The First Ward In Pocatello by Grant and Wanda Stowell.
A Century Of Quiet Accomplishment
A Century Of Quiet Accomplishment by Francis P. Odom, 1991, is an excellent resource for information on Pocatello’s early black families and their contributions to the city, state and country.
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Fort Hall Gateway To The Pacific Northwest
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1707 views as of July 25, 2023 – Posted On YouTube March 9, 2015.
Fort Hall, was built under the direction of Nathaniel Wyeth in 1834. It became an important trading center for fur trappers, pioneers, mountain men and Native Americans. This video was produced in part by the Bannock Historical Society. Filmed and edited by Josh Rindfleisch. Viewers will discover this excellent film to be one of the finest made on local history.
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The problem was not people’s ignorance of the facts, it was the organized antagonism and censorship
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The History of Bannock County Idaho, By Arthur C. Saunders.
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Forgotten Tales
Of Idaho
Forgotten Tales Of Idaho, 2015, by Andy Weeks.
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Blacks in Idaho’s
White Press
1863 to 1916
Blacks in Idaho’s White Press 1863 to 1915, 2016, by Mamie Oliver.
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The Railroad at Pocatello
Pocatello was founded as a station on the narrow-gauge Utah and Northern Railway in 1878, and it has been a railroad town ever since. Passenger and freight trains arrived and departed in all four directions of the compass, 24 hours a day. The Union Pacific also built extensive shops at Pocatello, where railroad equipment was serviced, maintained, and repaired. In addition, refrigerator cars were iced from a large icehouse, and railroad ties were treated with preservative at a tie plant. The advent of the automobile, improved roads, new technologies, and the introduction of the diesel-electric locomotives all combined to change the railroad industry, affecting Pocatello in many ways. Passenger trains were discontinued, the steam-locomotive-servicing facilities were closed, and shop buildings were torn down. However, the railroad in Pocatello remains a vital part of the local scene today, with freight trains continuing to run through the city day and night.
by Thornton Waite
Visit Utah Rails to read one of the more than a dozen articles and stories by Waite.
Top Thornton Waite titles
The History of Idaho:
The Gem of the Mountains
by James H. Hawley, 1920
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Ingacom, A History of the Inkom Area
1989, by Mike Boyce.
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