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Shoshone, ID - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Shoshone  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Shoshone Home page. The Shoshone Home page provides as much information as possible on Shoshone. Knowing Shoshone’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Shoshone’s Home page, you will also find Shoshone’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Shoshone has a population of 1620. 46.4% of Shoshone’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.6 are female. 43.9% of Shoshone is married and 67.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $126,763, and the average rent is $649. Household median income in Shoshone is $45,640, and the individual median income is $24,777. Shoshone’s Ethnic is the following: White(78.6%), Hispanic(34.7%), Multiple(15.8%), Other(4.1%), Native(1%), Asian(0.5%).


Founded in 1882 during the construction of the Oregon Short Line, Shoshone has long been considered the main railroad station in south central Idaho's Magic Valley region. The much larger community of Twin Falls 26 miles (42 km) to the south never developed a strong railroad presence due to the logistical issues presented by its location south of the Snake River Canyon.


For many years, Shoshone was the only Amtrak stop in south central Idaho. The Union Pacific Railroad opened the Sun Valley resort in 1936 (and owned it until 1964), and its pre-existing spur route to Ketchum connected here. The spur first headed northeast, following today's US 93, to Richfield and Tikura, then peeled northwest to Picabo and on to Bellevue, Hailey, and Ketchum, so the distance was greater than today's more direct 55-mile (90 km) drive north on Highway 75. About 15 miles (25 km) north of Shoshone are the Shoshone Ice Caves.


The caves are lava tubes that stay cool enough for the ice inside them to remain frozen throughout the summer. In the days before refrigeration, this feature, coupled with the railroad, made Shoshone popular with travelers as "the only place for hundreds of miles where one could get a cold beer."


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