Places

Mitchell's 1880
Courtesy of MapGeeks

1895
Rand McNally Atlas

1980
Courtesy of Historic Map Works

Courtesy of US County Maps

Early County Landmarks

• Black Butte in the lava bed where Shoshone Ice Caves are located.
• Mammoth Cave near the Shoshone Ice Caves, about 1.5 miles west of State Highway 75.
• Notch Butte 3 miles south of Shoshone, is the remnant of a volcano.
• Sand Butte, volcanic cone situated 44 mi SW of Arco and 16 mi NE of Richfield.
• Spud Butte, an isolated butte in an area of lava resembles a huge potato.
• Star Lake lies in the extreme south-central part of the county and has five arms that suggests a star.
• Twin Buttes sits in the northeast part of the county in broken lava beds, it has two distinct summits on a common base.
• Twin Oaks is the highest point in Lincoln County, in the northwest corner. It was named because of two similar oak trees.

Populated Places

BRADY, a Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) siding located 3 miles southeast of Shoshone, was named for James H. Brady, who was Governor of Idaho, 1909-1911.

Dietrich, 7 miles east of Shoshone on the UPRR. It began as a railroad construction camp for the OSL, and became a farming community. A post office was established in 1906. It was named in honor of Frank S. Dietrich of Boise. There were no saloons within two miles.

Disney, in the southwest part of county, on the UPRR, 4 miles west of Shoshone. It was named in honor of Frank T. Disney, state Senator (1921-1924) from Shoshone.

Hidden Valley (parts in Minidoka and Jerome Counties)

Kimama, in the southeastern part of the county, 15 miles west of Minidoka (part in Minidoka County). It was settled in the early 1900's and named by officials of the OSLRR. There was a post office from 1886 to 1929.

Owinza, a UPRR siding, 10 miles east of Dietrich. Post office 1916-1924.

Richfield, also a farming community, formerly known as Alberta, which was named after Alberta Strunk, the first child born at the new townsite.

Shoshone formerly known as Naples. It was established in 1882 in anticipation of the railroad being built and coming through the vicinity. Over the years it became a major railhead and has served the community from transporting livestock, passengers, agricultural and commodities. On September 6, 2012, Shoshone was added to the Union Pacific's Train Town USA Registry. Many of the original buildings still stand, made from lava rock. The jail has its original flat iron bars. A boarding house is said to have ghost spirits residing there. And, the County Court house built in 1904 still has its original oak furniture.

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