What to see in America . Sheep Bridge on the Deadwood River The width of thebase is two hun-dred and fortyfeet and that ofthe top sixteenfeet. More thanone milHon tonsof material wentinto the dam. Alake has beenformed back ofthe dam eighteenmiles long, andcontaining water enough to irrigate two hundred and twentythousand acres. One of Idahos early settlements is Soda Springs, foundedby Brigham Young soon after 1870. It has an ideal chmate,and is charmingly situated in a valley surrounded on allsides by rugged peaks in the mountainous southeasterncorner of the state. The numerous springs are hi
What to see in America . Sheep Bridge on the Deadwood River The width of thebase is two hun-dred and fortyfeet and that ofthe top sixteenfeet. More thanone milHon tonsof material wentinto the dam. Alake has beenformed back ofthe dam eighteenmiles long, andcontaining water enough to irrigate two hundred and twentythousand acres. One of Idahos early settlements is Soda Springs, foundedby Brigham Young soon after 1870. It has an ideal chmate,and is charmingly situated in a valley surrounded on allsides by rugged peaks in the mountainous southeasterncorner of the state. The numerous springs are highly rec-ommended for their medicinal properties, and there aresplendid hunting and fishing in the vicinity. One of the thrivingtowns on the banksof the Snake River,well up toward thatriver*s headwaters,is St. Anthony. Itslocation was deter-mined by the factthat the river hashere cut deep in thebasalt that underliesSiWASH Indians, Pend Oreille River the Soil of the valley. 360 What to See in America a canyon so narrow that it could be easily bridged. Previousto 1893 the place included only jack-rabbits, lava rock, andOld Man Moon. Mr. Moon came in 1887, built a bridgeand a store, and called the place St. Anthony because theriver here makes a leap of about thirty feet, and he fanciedhe saw some resemblance to St. Anthonys Falls in canyon walls at the bridge are barely fifty feet apart.
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