Editing Elmore County, Idaho (section)

==History==
Elmore County was established February 7, 1889, with its county seat at [[Rocky Bar, Idaho|Rocky Bar]]. It is named after the Ida Elmore mines, the area's greatest [[silver]] and [[gold]] producer of the 1860s, located near [[Silver City, Idaho|Silver City]] in [[Owyhee County, Idaho|Owyhee County]].<ref>[http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0455.pdf Idaho State Historical Society - J. Marion More] - accessed June 15, 2009.</ref><ref>"Idaho for the Curious", by Cort Conley, ©1982, {{ISBN|0-9603566-3-0}}, p.374-379</ref>

While the [[Oregon Trail]] crossed the [[Snake River]] in Elmore County, at [[Three Island Crossing]] near [[Glenns Ferry, Idaho|Glenns Ferry]], the significant early settlements of Elmore County were mining settlements located primarily in northern Elmore County surrounding the ghost town of Rocky Bar. Settlement at Rocky Bar commenced in 1863 with the settlement having 560 residents at the Territorial Census of that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series: Census of 1863|url=https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0129.pdf|publisher=Idaho State Historical Society|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228041012/https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0129.pdf|archive-date=December 28, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nearby, Atlanta was settled in 1864.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series: Atlanta|url=https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0202.pdf|publisher=Idaho State Historical Society|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209031522/https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0202.pdf|archive-date=February 9, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Elmore County north of the Snake River was originally part of Alturas County when it was created in 1864 and Rocky Bar became its county seat. The portion of Elmore County south of the Snake River was within Owyhee County until 1930. A small portion of Ada County was also annexed in 1948, bringing Elmore to its present boundary.<ref>{{cite book|title=Idaho Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|date=2010|publisher=The Newberry Library|location=Chicago|pages=12, 80–83|url=https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0199.pdf|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214185146/https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0199.pdf|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The settlement at Rocky Bar was impacted by poor management by mining companies, mining lawsuits, and its geographic remoteness between 1869 and 1880. The Wood River experienced a surge in settlement at Hailey starting in 1880 that led to Rocky Bar's loss of the county seat to Hailey in 1882.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series: Alturas County|url=https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0112.pdf|publisher=Idaho State Historical Society|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224185537/https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0112.pdf|archive-date=December 24, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series: Rocky Bar Mines|url=https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0199.pdf|publisher=Idaho State Historical Society|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214185146/https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0199.pdf|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rocky Bar would briefly become a county seat upon the creation of Elmore County in 1889.

A station on the overland stage route, originally named Rattlesnake, was moved west to the railroad line and became Mountain Home. On February 4, 1891, the county seat was moved to Mountain Home.<ref>[http://www.idaho.gov/aboutidaho/county/elmore.html idaho.gov - about Elmore County] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041220215532/http://idaho.gov/aboutidaho/county/elmore.html |date=December 20, 2004}} - accessed May 15, 2009</ref>

Construction of [[Mountain Home Air Force Base]] began in October 1942, {{convert|12|mi|spell=in}} southwest of Mountain Home. The base officially opened in August 1943 as a training base for [[bomber]]s, and was an operational base under the [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC) through 1965. It became a [[Fighter aircraft|fighter]] base in 1966 under [[Tactical Air Command]] (TAC), which became [[Air&nbsp;Combat Command]] (ACC) in&nbsp;1992.

[[Anderson Ranch Dam]] is east of Mountain Home on the South Fork of the [[Boise River]]. At the time of its completion in 1950, it was the world's highest [[Embankment dam|earthfill dam]].<ref>[http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Anderson+Ranch+Dam USBR.gov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112085814/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Anderson+Ranch+Dam |date=November 12, 2011 }} - Anderson Ranch Dam - accessed September 27, 2011</ref>