Idaho Falls, Idaho

Bonneville County

16-39700

Idaho Falls [ aɪdəhoʊ fɔ ː ls ] is a city in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is located in the Snake River Plain, is the county seat of Bonneville County and, with 56 813 inhabitants ( 2010 census ) of the largest cities in Idaho.

History

Built in 1865 James Madison Taylor, called " Matt Taylor ", a toll bridge over the Snake River, which became known as " Taylor 's Bridge ", and a previously slightly upstream ferry service replaced. To the bridge around a bank, a hotel and other infrastructure settled. As of 1872, the place called Eagle Rock in 1891 and got its present name, Idaho Falls, according to the waterfalls under the bridge. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( Mormons) built here from 1937 to 1941 her eighth temple, the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple.

Economy and infrastructure

The city is heavily influenced by agriculture. In the adjacent desert in 1949 established the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Idaho National Laboratory (INL ), a nuclear engineering research facility. There is also a branch of the Idaho State University ( ISU).

Idaho Falls is located on the running in a north-south Interstate 15, and U.S. Highway 91

Sons and daughters of the town

  • David Worth Clark (1902-1955), politician
  • John Foreman (1925-1992), film producer
  • Mike Crapo (* 1951), politician and Senator
  • Place in Idaho
  • Place in North America
  • Bonneville County
  • County Seat in Idaho
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