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==History== The city is named for the hundreds of natural springs of [[carbonation|carbonated]] water that are located in and around the city.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7073|title= Profile for Soda Springs, Idaho, ID|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= September 2, 2012|archive-date= March 23, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170323233419/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7073|url-status= dead}}</ref> The springs were known to [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s, and were a landmark along the [[Oregon Trail]] in the middle 19th century. The city is also the location of the [[Soda Springs Geyser]], which was unleashed in 1937 when town fathers were seeking hot water for a hot pool bathing attraction. They drilled into a chamber of highly pressurized [[carbon dioxide]] gas and cold water, and the [[geyser]] erupted. After running for weeks and flooding the downtown area it was capped and then manually released, at first upon request, as a tourist attraction. More recently a timed release valve opens every hour on the hour. The geyser's height and volume have not decreased in the decades since. Viewing platforms are located at either end of the [[travertine]] mound where the geyser erupts. Interpretive signs are located on the platforms explaining the phenomenon.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gottberg |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8O3mk_-dP0C&dq=Soda+Springs,+Idaho+phenomenon&pg=PA121 |title=Idaho |date=December 15, 2008 |publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications |isbn=978-1-4000-0741-7 |language=en}}</ref> Soda Springs is also the location of one of the [[Ground Observer Corps]] sites.
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