OLDEST- Idaho's Oldest Town - Franklin, Idaho
N 42° 00.841 W 111° 48.247
12T E 433419 N 4651645
Franklin is the first permanent settlement in Idaho.
Waymark Code: WMBRZJ
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2011
Views: 2
The history sign reads:
IDAHO OLDEST TOWN
FRANKLIN WAS SETTLED APRIL 14, 1860 BY MORMON PIONEERS. THE FREE LOCAL MUSEUM EXHIBITS A LARGE COLLECTION OF TOOLS AND RELICS OF PIONEERS DAYS.
The founding of Franklin was part of a well organized plan of Mormon expansion. Church authorities seat the colonist under Thomas Smart from Provo Utah. Men of many traders were included in order to make the community self-sufficient. From 1874-1877 Franklin was the busy terminus of the Utah Northern Railroad where freight for the Montana miners reloaded for the long wagon haul north.
Type of documentation of superlative status: roadside sign in Franklin
Location of coordinates: Highway 91 at Franklin, near the Utah Idaho border.
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