We left Farragut on Wednesday, September 4th, stopping for two nights at Lake Cascade State Park near the town of Cascade, Idaho. After passing through Boise, our next stop was Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenns Ferry, Idaho, for three nights. The Oregon Trail crossed the Snake River at Three Island Crossing. The state park has a very nice museum to educate the public on this historically significant point on the Oregon Trail.
The museum had an interesting video and excellent displays.
MINIDOKA NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
This is the site of the Minidoka War Relocation Center which housed over 13,000 internees of Japanese decent during World War II. Not much of this 33,000 acre site remains. The center is just north of Twin Falls, Idaho.
SHOSHONE FALLS
Shoshone is a waterfall on the Snake River near the city of Twin Falls, Idaho. Sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," Shoshone Falls is 212 feet high—45 feet higher than Niagara Falls—and flows over a rim nearly 1,000 feet wide.
Dierkes Lake above the Shoshone Falls
BRUNEAU DUNES STATE PARK
The tallest sand dune in North America rises 470 feet above small lakes in the high desert south of Mountain Home, Idaho.
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