Eagle Rock was an early name for Idaho Falls, Idaho. The name was derived from an actual rock 7 miles upstream at 43°36.112′ N 112°3.528′ W. Idaho Falls is a city located in Bonneville County, Idaho. ...
During 1864, Harry Rickets built and operated a ferry 9 miles north of the current location of Idaho Falls. Those who traveled along the river to access the ferry discovered an isolated basalt island in the Snake River that was the nesting site for approx. 20 eagles. 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
A small community, Payne, was built near this location on the railroad track. Today this area is called Osgood. People Alexander Payne (born 1961), U.S. movie director and screenwriter Ben Iden Payne (1881-1976), English actor and director C.D. Payne, U.S. novelist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), British-American astronomer C.F. Payne (Chris F. Payne) (born 1954), U.S. illustrator Cynthia Payne (born 1932), British...
In 1972, a boy scout from Idaho Falls constructed a small monument on the west shore of the river, within sight of Eagle Rock. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising Boy Scouts originally denoted the organization that developed and rapidly grew up during 1908 in the wake of the publication by Lord Robert Baden-Powell of his book Scouting for Boys. ... Idaho Falls is a city located in Bonneville County, Idaho. ...
Today, no eagles nest on this rock. The location is visited by fishermen, hunters, and photographers.
In 1887 Idaho Territory was nearly legislated out of existence, but President Grover Cleveland refused to sign a bill that would have split Idaho Territory between Washington Territory in the north and Nevada in the south.
During its first years of statehood Idaho was plagued by labor unrest in its mining community, culminating in the December 1905 assasination of former governor Frank Steunenberg by Harry Orchard, aka Albert Horsley, a radicial unionist incensed by Steunenberg's efforts as governor to break an 1899 strike after being elected on a pro-labor platform.
As of 2005, Idaho has an estimated population of 1,429,096, which is an increase of 33,956, or 2.4%, from the prior year and an increase of 135,140, or 10.4%, since the year 2000.
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