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Idaho State Highway 5
State Highway 5 (SH-5) is a state highway in Benewah County, in the U.S. state of Idaho. It runs from U.S. Route 95 (US 95) in Plummer, east to SH-3 in Saint Maries. Route description SH-5 begins at an intersection with US 95 in Plummer and heads east through Heyburn State Park, running along the south shore of Chatcolet Lake and Benewah Lake to Parkline. It then continues east past a historical marker for John Mullan into Saint Maries and onto the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation within the city, where it ends at an intersection with SH-3. History John Mullan built the first road from Fort Benton, Montana to the modern site of Walla Walla, Washington from 1858 to 1862. SH-5 may run in part along this route. Major intersections See also * List of state highways in Idaho References External links {{authority control 005 ''005'' is a 1981 arcade game by Sega. They advertised it as the first of their RasterScan Convert-a-Game series, designed so t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho Transportation Department
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is the state of Idaho governmental organization responsible for state transportation infrastructure. This includes ongoing operations and maintenance as well as planning for future needs of the state and its citizens. The agency is responsible for overseeing the disbursement of federal, state, and grant funding for transportation programs in the state. Overview Idaho's state transportation system consists of more than (lane miles) of roads, more than 1,800 bridges, approximately of rail lines, 126 public-use airports, and the Port of Lewiston. The agency is also responsible for 29 rest areas and 12 ports of entry. History The Idaho Legislature created the State Highway Commission in 1913. The group consisted of the Secretary of State, the State Engineer and three other members to be appointed by the governor. The Commission was empowered to: *plan, build and maintain new state highways *alter, improve or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkline, Idaho
Parkline is an unincorporated census-designated place on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in Benewah County, Idaho, United States. The population was 80 at the 2010 census. Parkline was a city until it disincorporated in 2001. Geography Parkline is located at (47.337740, -116.686524). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 65 people, 31 households, and 22 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 38 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.85% White, 1.54% Native American, 3.08% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.08% of the population. There were 31 households, out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-familie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of State Highways In Idaho
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is responsible for the establishment and classification of a state highway network, including of roads that are classified as Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways, and state highways within the state of Idaho in the United States. The current state highway marker consists of a white background, black numbering, and a solid black geographic outline of the state of Idaho. History During the 1920s, in lieu of numbering its highways, Idaho had a system of lettered Sampson Trails.Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas, 1926, accessed via thBroer Map Library/ref> They were marked by businessman Charles B. Sampson of Boise at no expense to the state, using orange-colored shields.Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8, "a concurrent resolution...to permit Charles B. Sampson to extend the marking system of the Sampson Trail..." passed February 16, 1933 By 1929, the trails system had included of marked highways that covered most of the state. By the mid-1930s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walla Walla, Washington
Walla Walla is a city in Walla Walla County, Washington, where it is the largest city and county seat. It had a population of 34,060 at the 2020 census, estimated to have decreased to 33,927 as of 2021. The population of the city and its two suburbs, the town of College Place and unincorporated Walla Walla East, is about 45,000. Walla Walla is in the southeastern region of Washington, approximately four hours away from Portland, Oregon, and four and a half hours from Seattle. It is located only north of the Oregon border. History Native history and early settlement Walla Walla's history starts in 1806 when the Lewis and Clark expedition encountered the Walawalałáma (Walla Walla people) near the mouth of Walla Walla River. Other inhabitants of the valley included the Liksiyu (Cayuse), Imatalamłáma (Umatilla), and Niimíipu (Nez Perce) indigenous peoples. In 1818, Fort Walla Walla (originally Fort Nez Percés), a fur trading outpost run by Hudson's Bay Company (HBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Benton, Montana
Fort Benton is a city in and the county seat of Chouteau County, Montana, United States. Established in 1846, Fort Benton is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in Montana. The city's waterfront area, the most important aspect of its 19th century growth, was designated the Fort Benton Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, in 1961. The population was 1,449 at the 2020 census. History Established in 1846 by Alexander Culbertson, who worked for Auguste Chouteau and Pierre Chouteau, Jr. of St. Louis, the original fort was the last fur trading post on the Upper Missouri River, Chouteau County Courthouse, 2009 the fort became an important economic center. For 30 years, the port attracted steamboats carrying goods, merchants, gold miners and settlers, coming from New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, Hannibal, Bismarck, Kansas City, etc. As the terminus for the 642-mile-long Mullan Road, completed by the United States Army in 1860, and at the head of navigation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Reservation
An Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a federally recognized Native American tribal nation whose government is accountable to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and not to the state government in which it is located. Some of the country's 574 federally recognized tribes govern more than one of the 326 Indian reservations in the United States, while some share reservations, and others have no reservation at all. Historical piecemeal land allocations under the Dawes Act facilitated sales to non–Native Americans, resulting in some reservations becoming severely fragmented, with pieces of tribal and privately held land being treated as separate enclaves. This jumble of private and public real estate creates significant administrative, political and legal difficulties. The total area of all reservations is , approximately 2.3% of the total area of the United States and about the size of the state of Idaho. While most reservations are small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coeur D'Alene Tribe
The Coeur d'Alene (also ''Skitswish''; natively ''Schi̲tsu'umsh'') are a Native American nation and one of five federally recognized tribes in the state of Idaho. The Coeur d'Alene have sovereign control of their Coeur d'Alene Reservation, which includes a significant portion of Lake Coeur d'Alene and its submerged lands. In '' Idaho v. United States'' (2001), the United States Supreme Court ruled against the state's claim of the submerged lands of the lower third of Lake Coeur d'Alene and related waters of the St. Joe River. It said that the Coeur d'Alene were the traditional owners and that the Executive Branch and Congress had clearly included this area in their reservation, with compensation for ceded territory. This area was designated in 1983 by the Environmental Protection Agency as Bunker Hill Mine and Smelting Complex, the nation's second-largest Superfund site for cleanup. Concerned at the slow pace of progress, in 1991 the tribe filed suit against mining compani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mullan (road Builder) (born 1981), Irish Gaelic footballer
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John Mullan may refer to: * John Mullan (academic), professor of English at University College London * John Mullan (Australian politician) (1871–1941) * John Mullan (road builder) (1830–1909), American soldier, explorer and road builder * John B. Mullan (1863–1955), New York state senator * John Eddie Mullan (1923–2008), Irish Gaelic footballer See also *John Mullane John Mullane (born 28 January 1981) is an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Waterford senior team. Mullane joined the team during the 2001 championship and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plummer, Idaho
Plummer is a city in Benewah County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,044 at the 2010 census, up from 990 in 2000.Spokesman-Review - 2010 census - Plummer, Idaho - accessed 2011-12-27 It is the largest city within the Coeur d'Alene Reservation, and is accessed by , the state's primary north–south highway. History The city's first church was built in 1912.Geography According to the |
Heyburn State Park
Heyburn State Park is a public recreation area in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is located almost entirely in Benewah County, with a small portion extending into southern Kootenai County. The park was founded in 1908 and is the oldest state or provincial park in the Pacific Northwest. The park has of land and of water on three lakes: Benewah, Chatcolet, and Hidden. A dam constructed on the Spokane River in Post Falls in 1906 raised the level of Lake Coeur d'Alene, connecting it to the park's three lakes. The surface elevation of the lakes is above sea level. The park's year-round recreational opportunities include camping, boating, hiking, horseback riding, fishing, and picnicking. History The Coeur d'Alene were the first inhabitants in what is now Heyburn State Park. Originally members called themselves, "Schitsu'umsh," meaning "The Discovered People" or "Those Who Are Found Here." The Natives found an abundance of fish in the three lakes of the park as well as in the Saint J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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