List of National Historic Landmarks in Idaho

This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Idaho. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national dept.[1]

The state of Idaho is home to 10 of these landmarks, spanning a range of history from the Lewis and Clark expedition to the beginnings of nuclear power. The table below lists all 10 of these sites, along with added detail and description.

Landmark name[2] Image Date declared[2] Locality[2][3] County[2] Description[3]
1 Assay Office 01961-05-05 May 5, 1961 Boise Ada This assay office symbolizes the importance of mining in the history of Idaho and the American West. Built in 1870-71, it operated by the federal government until 1933.
2 Bear River Massacre Site 01990-06-21 June 21, 1990 Preston Franklin Where California Volunteers wrought Bear River Massacre upon a Shoshoni village in 1863.
3 Camas Meadows Battle Sites 01989-04-11 April 11, 1989 Kilgore Clark Sites of the Battle of Camas Creek, which allowed Nez Perce to further elude capture.
4 Cataldo Mission 01961-07-04 July 4, 1961 Cataldo
 Kootenai This Jesuit mission to the Coeur d'Alenes, dating from the 1850s, is the oldest remaining mission church in the Pacific Northwest.
5 City of Rocks 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Almo
 Cassia Thousands of emigrants on the California Trail made this a popular resting point, and left wagon ruts that are still visible today. For these emigrants, the landscape of rock outcrops rising like city buildings, woodlands, and mountains provided a welcome change from the surrounding sagebrush plains.
6 Experimental Breeder Reactor No.1 01965-12-21 December 21, 1965 Arco
 Butte This pioneering nuclear reactor was the site of several milestones in the development of nuclear technology, including the first usable electricity (1951), the first self-sustaining chain reaction using plutonium rather than uranium (1963), and the first demonstration of the feasible use of high-temperature liquid metal as a reactor coolant.
7 Fort Hall image pending 01961-01-20 January 20, 1961 Fort Hall Bannock Outpost where the Oregon Trail forked, splitting off the California Trail.
8 Lemhi Pass 01960-10-09 October 9, 1960 Tendoy, ID
 Lemhi, ID and Beaverhead, MT Pass crossed by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in August 1805
9 Lolo Trail 01960-10-09 October 9, 1960 Lolo Hot Springs, ID
 Clearwater (ID) and Missoula, MT Difficult trail followed by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 and returning in 1806.
10 Weippe Prairie 01966-05-23 May 23, 1966 Weippe Clearwater Meadow of camas, whose roots were basic food for Nez Perce, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition emerged from Lolo Trail.

There are other historic sites preserved in Idaho. Considering them provides perspective on the NHLs. In particular, there are two areas in the National Park System:

Besides the NHLs and NPS areas, the state has approximately 1,000 properties and districts listed in Idaho on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers". http://www.nps.gov/nhl/QA.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-21. 
  2. ^ a b c d National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST11.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-04. .
  3. ^ a b National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm. Retrieved 2007-08-14. 
  4. ^ The NRIS online database reports 997 Idaho listings NRIS search on ID here as of October 3, 2008. Some recently listed properties may not yet be in that system. New listings nation-wide are announced weekly.

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