Northwest Passage Scenic Byway
National Trails System Some of our cross-country drives have taken us along various stretches of the National Trails System, the network of scenic, historic, and recreation trails created by the National Trails System Act of 1968. Route 12 from Lewiston, Idaho (near the Washington border) stretching into Montana is known as the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway. It follows bits […]
Destination USA: Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls Beginnings The city of Idaho Falls began with miners, trappers, fur traders and early settlers. As westward migration continued in the 1860s, a wooden toll bridge was built over the Snake River close to what would later become Idaho Falls. The railroad brought the first settlers, and they called their settlement Eagle Rock. […]