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Idaho Falls, Idaho

August 2016
US History of Idaho Falls, Idaho

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In 1864, Harry Rickets established a ferry to cross the Snake River nine miles north of the present city.

The next year a freighter, Matt Taylor, constructed a log toll bridge.

The community was originally known as Taylor’s Crossing, then Eagle Rock until it was changed to Idaho Falls, in 1891.