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.

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Black Pioneers

Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience on the North American Frontier, 1997, by John W. Ravage.

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Idaho’s Place
A New History Of The
Gem State

Idaho’s Place: A New History Of The Gem State, 2014, by Adam M. Sowards.

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Rocks, Rails and Trails, 1994, by Paul K. Link & E. Chilton Phoenix.

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Pocatello Past & Present

Few cities in the United States have been influenced by as many industries as Pocatello. Mining, agriculture, education, and the railroad–as well as the Departments of War, the Navy, Defense, and Energy–have all made lasting impressions on the “Gate City.” Native Americans also played an important role in the shaping of the community’s character.

About the Author

Joshua Kiggins was born and raised in Pocatello. Always into history and the culture of wherever he lived, he decided it was time to take his grandparents’ side project and share it with the world.

by Joshua Kiggins

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by Brigham D. Madsen.

Brigham Dwaine Madsen was a historian of indigenous peoples of the American West, of the people of Utah and surrounding states, and of Mormonism. He was a professor at the University of Utah. Madsen published six books on the Shoshone-Bannock..

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