Idaho Falls, City of Destiny
Compiled and Edited by Mary Jane Fritzen
Copyright c 1991
by
Bonneville County Historical Society
All rights reserved
The title was taken from an advertisement which appeared in the Idaho Falls Times, January 28,
1892. It reads:
WESTWARD THE STAR OF EMPIRE TAKES ITS COURSE
IDAHO FALLS!
THE CITY OF DESTINY
IS SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE BEST GRAIN BELT IN THE WEST.
IN A FEW YEARS ONLY SHE HAS GROWN FROM AN INSIGNIFICANT
RAILROAD STATION TO THE
METROPOLIS OF IDAHO
CONTENTS
Contributors and Acknowledgements
Introductory Comments
Chapter 1 AGRICULTURE
- Potatoes, grains, sugar beets, livestock, irrigation.
Chapter 2 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
- Banking, Chamber of Commerce, Rogers Brothers Seed.
Chapter 3 AMUSEMENTS, ARTS and MUSIC
- Amusements: dancing, circus, baseball, theaters,
Heise Hot Springs, War Bonnet Roundup, parades.
Arts: painting, drama, dance, music, symphony,
opera theatre.
Chapter 4 COMMUNICATIONS
- Newspapers, telephone, broadcast.
Chapter 5 CELEBRATIONS
- Centennials and Jubilees, Pioneer Day, Intersec.
Chapter 6 EARLY CHURCHES
Chapter 7 CITY GOVERNMENT
- Mayors, City Hall, Public Library; Departments of Electricity, Fire, Police, Building and Planning, Parks and Recreation, Public Works.
Chapter 8 COUNTY Courthouse and FEDERAL Post Office
Chapter 9 ASSOCIATIONS FOR IDAHO FALLS HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Bonneville County Historical Society, Idaho Falls
Historic Preservation Commission (Historic
buildings, places, homes), Daughters of Utah
Pioneers.
Chapter 10 SCHOOLS
Chapter 11 EARLY CLUBS AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Lodges, Sportsmen's Association, American Legion
and other Veterans Associations, Boy Scouts.
Chapter 12 TRANSPORTATION
- Railroad, Automobiles, Aviation.
Chapter 13 EARLY MEDICAL PRACTICE and HOSPITALS
Chapter 14 NATIVE AMERICANS
Chapter 15 SNAKE RIVER
- Bridges, Greenbelt, Temple.
Chapter 16 TOURISM and HOTELS
Chapter 17 EARLY LAWYERS and JUDGES
Chapter 18 WAR EFFORTS
Red Cross, World War I, World War II.
Chapter 19 POPULATION GROWTH
Chapter 20 INEL
Appendix 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY GUIDE
Appendix 2 CHRONOLOGY