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==History== Fremont County was established in 1893 when [[Bingham County, Idaho|Bingham County]] was partitioned.<ref name="Idaho.gov - Fremont County"/> It is named for [[John C. Frémont]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n131 132]}}</ref> The county initially contained all of the northern portion of eastern Idaho north of Bonneville County. The counties of Jefferson and Madison were created from Fremont in 1913. Teton County was later created from Madison in 1915 and a portion of Butte was created from Jefferson in 1917. Clark County was also created from Fremont in 1919.<ref>{{cite book|title=Idaho Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|date=2010|publisher=The Newberry Library|location=Chicago|pages=27, 63, 74, 87–91, 115, 139, 188}}</ref> The first fur trapping operation by a United States fur company west of the Rocky Mountains occurred in 1810 when Andrew Henry established a fort in the fall of 1810 on Conant Creek in southern Fremont County. Henry later moved the fort to the south bank of the Henry's Fork of the Snake River between present-day settlements of Salem and Parker. The fort was abandoned some time after 1811.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fort Henry Monument|url=http://www.idahoheritage.org/assets/popups/ec/ec_fthenry.html|website=idahoheritage.org|access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fur Trade Posts in Idaho|url=https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0062.pdf|publisher=Idaho State Historical Society|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204214234/https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0062.pdf|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the time of early settlement, Fremont County was located on the northern edge of Oneida County. Mining, timber, and ranching operations commenced in the Island Park area prior to 1870. The establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 also contributed to the eventual development of the Island Park area as a popular recreation area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Island Park and Its People|url=https://www.co.fremont.id.us/departments/parks_rec/scenic_drives_1.htm|publisher=Fremont County, Idaho|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216134147/https://www.co.fremont.id.us/departments/parks_rec/scenic_drives_1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Construction of the Egin Canal commenced in 1879 and farming settlement of the Egin area followed. In 1883, Parker was established and settlement commenced at Teton. These settlements became part of Bingham County when it was created in 1885. Settlement at St. Anthony started in 1888 while the Ashton area settlement of Marysville commenced settlement in 1889. At the 1890 Census, Bingham County enumerated 301 residents in the precincts of Teton and Henry's Lake.<ref>{{cite book|title=Report on the Population of the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890|publisher=Government Printing Office|page=99|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v1-01.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051108174600/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v1-01.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2005 |url-status=live|access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of Warm River Idaho|url=http://www.snakeriver4x4.com/warmriver.php|publisher=Snake River 4 x 4|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216140147/http://www.snakeriver4x4.com/warmriver.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additional settlement occurred at Warm River in 1896, the Drummond area in 1900, and Newdale in 1914.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|date=1941|publisher=Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City|pages=482, 582, 639, 868|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067406256;view=1up;seq=494|access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Full text of "History of the uplands, Farnum, Drummond, Squirrel, Lamont, and communities faded into the past, 1896-1990 : history of homesteading and pionering<nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>, histories of families by contribution, and special permissionof articles from the "Snake River Echoes|date=April 6, 1992 |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofuplands00garr/historyofuplands00garr_djvu.txt|access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref> The [[Fremont County Courthouse (Idaho)|Fremont County Courthouse]] in [[St. Anthony, Idaho|St. Anthony]] is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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