Editing Bellevue, Idaho (section)

==History==
The Bellevue area was explored by fur trader [[Alexander Ross (fur trader)|Alexander Ross]] in 1824.

Bellevue was settled and chartered in 1882.<ref>{{cite book | last = Bancroft | first = Hubert Howe | title = History of the Pacific States of North America | publisher = The History Company | year = 1890 | url = https://archive.org/details/historypacifics12bategoog}}</ref> The city is located on a mile-wide plateau noted for its rich soil suitable for fruit growing.<ref name="Elliot">{{cite book | title = History of Idaho territory | publisher = Wallace W. Elliott | year = 1884 | isbn = 9780877701194 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1B1OAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1}}</ref> The nearby lands are also rich with resources, and Bellevue grew as a mining town. Between 1881 and the [[Panic of 1893|1893 crash of the silver market]], the mines near Bellevue produced more than $60 million worth of silver, lead and gold.<ref name="Clark">{{cite book | last = Clark | first = Bob | title = Scenic Driving Idaho | publisher = Morris Book Publishing | year = 1998 | isbn = 9781560446217 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wtg71nn8eVYC&pg=PP1}}</ref> Some of Bellevue's mines included Keystone, Palmas, Antelope, Big Camus, Phoenix, Paymaster, Silver Tide, and Monday Mine.<ref>{{cite book | last = Yale | first = Chas G. | title = List of Working Mines of the Pacific Coast | publisher = Geo. Spaulding | year = 1882 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cT4sAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP1}}</ref>

The community soon had two newspapers, ''The Bellevue Daily Sun'' and ''The Bellevue Chronicle''. In 1880, the Bellevue M.E. Church was established, as was Bellevue [[Independent Order of Odd Fellows|IOOF]] Lodge No. 9. The International Hotel was built at Main and Oak, and could accommodate 75 guests. A mining smelter was also constructed.<ref name="Elliot"/>

From 1889 to 1895, it was the county seat of the short-lived [[Logan County, Idaho|Logan County]].<ref>{{cite journal|last= Idaho State Historical Society|date= May 1966|title= Alturas County|url= https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0112.pdf|journal= Idaho State Historical Society: Reference Series|issue= 112|access-date= 4 December 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161224185537/https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0112.pdf|archive-date= 24 December 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref>

A devastating fire engulfed the city's business district in 1905, started when the Seymour Saloon's bartender lit a match to investigate a gasoline leak.<ref>{{cite news | title = Bad Fire at Bellevue, Idaho | newspaper = [[The Spokesman-Review|Spokane Daily Chronicle]] | date = Nov 8, 1905 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TLdXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7_MDAAAAIBAJ&dq=bellevue-idaho&pg=4705%2C6799067}}</ref> In 1957, windows in Bellevue were shattered and the city was rocked when 8 tons of dynamite and 56 rounds of artillery shells accidentally detonated at a mine west of the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = Dynamite Blast Wrecks Panes in Bellevue | publisher = Lewiston Morning Tribune | date = Feb 11, 1957 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G3hfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=my8MAAAAIBAJ&dq=bellevue-idaho&pg=2010%2C4975768}}</ref>

The Wood River Rock Festival took place in 1971 in nearby Slaughterhouse Gulch. The festival was plagued by faulty sound equipment, cold weather, inadequate facilities, poor attendance, and grasshoppers. Eight people were arrested for drug possession, and three for drunk driving.<ref>{{cite news | title = Idaho Festival Sputters to Halt | newspaper = [[The Spokesman-Review|Spokane Daily Chronicle]] | date = Sep 6, 1971 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MaBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lfgDAAAAIBAJ&dq=bellevue-idaho&pg=7381%2C1437139}}</ref>

In 2003, Bellevue was the location of the [[murders of Diane and Alan Scott Johnson]]. In 2012, Jon Anderson, a former mayor of Bellevue, committed a murder-suicide, killing his ex-wife and then himself.<ref>{{cite web | title = Autopsy confirms former Bellevue mayor's murder-suicide | publisher = KBOI2.com | date = February 15, 2012 | url = http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Autopsy-confirms-Bellevue-mayors-murder-suicide--139372638.html}}</ref>

In 2009, Bellevue's city clerk, Lacey Ann Loughmiller, was sentenced to 180 days in jail after being convicted of embezzling almost $14,000 from the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = Former Idaho city clerk sentenced for embezzlement | publisher = NWCN.com | date = Dec 2, 2009 | url = http://www.nwcn.com/news/idaho/Former-Idaho-city-clerk-sentenced-for-embezzlement-78323722.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130710185326/http://www.nwcn.com/news/idaho/Former-Idaho-city-clerk-sentenced-for-embezzlement-78323722.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 10, 2013 }}</ref>