Editing Horseshoe Bend, Idaho (section)

==History==
The area was originally settled as a gold miners' staging area, as prospectors waited along the river for snows to thaw at the higher elevations.  [[Gold]] had been discovered in 1862 in the Boise Basin mountains to the east, near [[Idaho City, Idaho|Idaho City]].<ref>"Idaho for the Curious", by Cort Conley, ©1982, {{ISBN|0-9603566-3-0}}, p.172-179</ref>

The settlement became known as '''Warrinersville''', after a local [[sawmill]] operator.  The name was changed to Horseshoe Bend in 1867, and after the gold rush quieted, the city became a prosperous ranching and logging community.  The [[railroad]], from [[Emmett, Idaho|Emmett]] up to Long Valley following the [[Payette River]] (its North Fork above Banks), was completed in 1913.<ref>[http://www.payetteriverscenicbyway.com/flashpage2/Basic-Xml%20Version/Default.html payetteriverscenicbyway.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426042338/http://www.payetteriverscenicbyway.com/flashpage2/Basic-Xml%20Version/Default.html |date=2012-04-26 }} - history of the byway - accessed 2011-12-10</ref>

In 1998 the city's primary employer, [[Boise Cascade]], closed its [[sawmill]] on September 30.<ref>''[http://wdr.doleta.gov/readroom/FedReg/Notices/98025262.pdf Federal Register]'' - vol. 63, no. 183, p. 50603, 1998-09-22 - accessed 2011-12-10</ref><ref name=bctcl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GNVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YvIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2291%2C3312349 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |title=Boise Cascade to close two mills; Clinton blamed |agency=Associated Press |date=February 14, 2001 |page=B3 }}</ref> Horseshoe Bend has attempted to become the [[county seat]] of [[Boise County, Idaho|Boise County]], replacing historic [[Idaho City, Idaho|Idaho City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bZpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1vIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3134%2C5099270|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|agency=Associated Press|title=Cities fight over Boise County government|date=May 4, 2004|page=B2}}</ref>