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From the Revolutionary War to Idaho Falls

BEFORE HE WAS EVEN BORN, Ammiruhamah Faulkner saved his mother’s life – and not in some sappy, sentimental way.

The Museum of Idaho has an exciting lineup of summer events for both members and nonmembers.

In 1909, Mayor E.P. Coltman asked the city council to recommend a spot on the Snake to erect a hydroelectric power plant.

On January 22, the museum unveils “Genghis Khan: Culture and Conquest.”

Sarah Crow brought the first piano to Eagle Rock in 1883 and began teaching lessons. Alma Marker’s music store opened that same year.

Get to know people of the past who made what Idaho Falls is today.

To many Idaho Falls long-timers, no matter what the sign says, it’ll always be the Westbank.

Tautphaus Park, as it became known, attracted day-trippers and tourists from afar to picnic, boat and swim at this oasis in the desert