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Pictures - Southeastern Idaho

(left) Pocatello coal tipple (shortly after it was built in 1913), where steam engines were refueled. This huge structure held coal mainly brought from Union Pacific mines near Kemmerer. The lead engine is a 4-6-2 Pacific. Bannock County Historical Society Collection.

(top right) Two railroad engines at the University of Idaho, Southern Branch Museum, 1942. Number 11, a 2-8-0 Consolidation, was the last narrow gauge engine to run south from Pocatello in 1890. These priceless engines, gifts of the Union Pacific, were cut up for war-time scrap metal at the insistence of Governor Chase Clark within weeks after this picture was taken. The scrap was never used in the World War II war effort. Clifford Peake collection, Bannock County Historical Society.
 
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(right) December, 1914 Union Pacific timetable of the Salt Lake to Butte route. Click on image for a larger view.
 
Population of Ten Largest Idaho Cities in 1890 and 1990
1890
1990
1.
Rexburg 2,967
1.
Boise 125,738
2.
Moscow 2,861
2.
Pocatello 46,080
3.
Pocatello 2,330
3.
Idaho Falls 43,929
4.
Boise 2.311
4.
Nampa 28,365
5.
Eagle Rock 1,588
5.
Lewiston 28,082
6.
Preston 1,504
6.
Twin Falls 27,591
7.
Franklin 1,330
7.
Coeur d'Alene 24,563
8.
Dayton 1,230
8.
Moscow 18,519
9.
Montpelier 1,174
9.
Caldwell 18,400
10.
Blackfoot 1,174
10.
Rexburg 14,302
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