Sawtooth City, Idaho

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Sawtooth City
Sawtooth City, Idaho is located in Idaho
Sawtooth City, Idaho
Location Blaine County, Idaho
Nearest city Stanley, Idaho
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Built 1879
NRHP Reference # 75000625[1]
Added to NRHP April 4, 1975

Sawtooth City (also Sawtooth) is an unincorporated community in Blaine County, Idaho, United States. Located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (43.8965718, -114.8403490), it sits at an altitude of 7,342 feet (2,238 m), along Beaver Creek near its confluence with the Salmon River in the Sawtooth Valley of Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Sawtooth City was founded as a mining camp after a mine was opened in the area on July 2, 1878; discoveries in the Sawtooth City area grew out of discoveries to the south. Its peak was between the years 1880 and 1886.[2] A community cemetery is located northeast of central Sawtooth City.[3]

In 1975, the entire community was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sawtooth City, Idaho
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sawtooth Cemetery


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