Idaho’s historic, archaeological, and cultural resources represent the physical and tangible manifestations of our history; they reflect who we were, where we came from, where we are now, and help shape our outlook for the future. By protecting, preserving, and understanding these important resources, we span the past, the present, and the future, not as separate events or periods, but as an on-going narrative. These resources provide economic, educational, and intrinsic value today and for future generations.
In 2013, the sesquicentennial year of both the Bear River campaign and the establishment of Idaho Territory, the Idaho State Historical Society (ISHS) applied to the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) for funding to survey, map, and evaluate the condition Read More …
My approach to the archaeology of this region is by way of the natural setting in which the prehistoric peoples lived. By natural setting, I mean that whole combination of plants, animals, soils, landforms, climate and their interrelationships that comprised Read More …
Hundreds of items have been removed from a few miles of trail listed on the National Register of Historic Places and protected under the Archaeological Resource Protection Act of 1979.
Individuals damaged sections of the Oregon Trail in Idaho this summer after they were allegedly using meta1 detectors to illegally search for artifacts, and then using shovels to dig in the trail corridor.
This paper reports on test excavations at 10-EL-294 that were conducted in 2013, 2018 and 2019. Findings support the general conclusions of the original investigations (1986-87) and Eastman’s 2010 explorations at Three Island Crossing.
Archaeological investigations were conducted by the Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, along the East Fork of the Salmon River in conjunction with the proposed construction of the Hagerman Satellite Fish Hatchery by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Read More …
The City of Rocks National Reserve is a location with ties to America’s emigrant past. The primary significance at the Reserve is the California Trail and associated features. The National Park Service’s National Trails Intermountain Region requested the National Park Read More …
Multiple archaeological investigations on the grounds of Fort Boise, Idaho (1863-1913), now the site of the Boise Veterans Administration, recovered over 1,500 munitions related artifacts. Analysis of two assemblages, one from a historic dump and the other from Fort Boise’s Read More …
Though there are many historical accounts of travel along the Oregon Trail toward the Pacific Northwest with a scattering of marked and clandestine graves along the way and reports from mining towns near trail destinations, very little bioarchaeological evidence of Read More …
Retraces the trail and the campsites of 1852 of John T. Jeffrey and of 1854 of Tim Goodale located on the cutoff of the Oregon Trail, known by each of their names and located in southern Idaho near Craters of Read More …