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Southern Idaho History- A unique place to live!

   Southern Idaho is the most unique area of Idaho, the cities of Twin Falls, Jerome, Burley, Rupert, and Heyburn sit in an area formed by fire, wind and water. The mighty Snake River and its dynamic canyon etches the boundaries of each city where many falls, including 212 foot Shoshone Falls, can be seen.

   The magnificent Snake River Canyon cuts into hundreds of feet of volcanic rock as a result of the ancient Bonneville Flood. This colossal flood began at ancient Lake Bonneville, a vast body of water who's only remains are the great Salt Lake and North Marsh Creek in Southern Idaho.

   Today at the Twin Falls Perrine Bridge, the canyon is about 480 feet deep. During the flood, the water level would have been 20 feet above the bridge. This catastrophic flood left Idaho with the Snake River Canyon as we see it today.

   South Central Idaho boasts a four-season climate. Daytime highs in July average 91 degrees with evening lows of 54, while January temperatures range from 37 in the day to 19 at night. The area receives little precipitation, about 17 inches of snow and 9 inches of rain annually and the air is dry and clear. Because the area is "high desert" you will find a much lower humidity which makes the "wind chill" or "heat index" more tolerable even though Idaho is considered a "Northern State".

   Twin Falls, Jerome and Mini-Cassia are in an area known as “the Magic Valley.” Canals were built to carry water from the Snake River to Milner Dam in 1905. Shortly thereafter, productive farmland and the town of Twin Falls seemed to spring up out of nowhere on the sagebrush-covered southern Idaho desert. Thus, the term “Magic Valley” was born. Twin Falls, Jerome and Mini-Cassia have long been agricultural centers with several of the largest employers involved in growing and processing food.

   Idaho is the number one trout producing area in the United States mostly from hatcheries located in the Thousand Springs of the Snake River Canyon on the Snake River Acquifer.

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