Editing Stanley, Idaho (section)

==History==
[[Fur trade|Fur trappers]] of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] discovered the Stanley Basin in the 1820s, but it was mostly avoided due to scarcity of [[beaver]].  Captain John Stanley, a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[American Civil War|Civil War]] veteran, led a party of twenty-three prospectors through the area in 1863 (or 1864), but they found little gold and moved on and discovered the [[Atlanta, Idaho|Atlanta]] lode on the south end of the Sawtooths. The site was not considered a town until 1919 when its streets and lots were surveyed and recorded.<ref>"Idaho for the Curious", by Cort Conley, 1982, {{ISBN|0-9603566-3-0}}, p. 188-189</ref>

Stanley has long been a gathering place for the sparsely populated region.<ref name=owsaaw>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FfQjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6834%2C2996113 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=(Los Angeles Times) |last=Hillinger |first=Charles |title=Old West still alive and well |date=October 8, 1976 |page=21}}</ref>

In 2005, Hannah Stauts won the city's mayoral election at age 22 to become the state's youngest elected mayor.<ref name=ttyosw>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0dgyAAAAIBAJ&pg=2587%2C572743 |newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=22-year-old Stanley woman is Idaho's youngest elected mayor |date=December 6, 2005 |page=2A }}</ref>

The [[Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|2017 solar eclipse]] attracted a large number of visitors to Stanley and surrounding areas. The [[Milky Way]] is clearly visible in Stanley, and the town has sought the seal of approval from the [[International Dark-Sky Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-08-10|title=Solar Eclipse Preparedness for Stanley Residents & Visitors|url=https://stanleycc.org/Blogs/ArticleID/403/Solar-Eclipse-Preparedness-for-Stanley-Residents-Visitors|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-16|website=Stanley Idaho, Trailhead to Idaho Adventure|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-11-25|title=Idaho Dims The Lights For One Of The Best Night Skies Anywhere|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/11/25/566074921/idaho-dims-the-lights-for-one-of-the-best-night-skies-anywhere|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-16|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Herald|first=Ryan Olson Daily|date=2017-08-25|title=Idaho trip for eclipse was totality worth it|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/utahadventure/outdoors/idaho-trip-for-eclipse-was-totality-worth-it/article_af07ccb3-a771-5b68-83f6-62635a82a983.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-16|website=Daily Herald|language=en}}</ref>
Stanley is located in the [[Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Home - Dark Sky Reserve | url=https://idahodarksky.org | access-date=2024-12-17 | website=idahodarksky.org}}</ref>