Hazelton

The Snake River cuts a deep canyon through the volcanic plain of southern Idaho. Downstream from this stretch stand Shoshone Falls, where the river pours over a high rocky ledge. The surrounding plain formed part of the country travelled by Shoshone communities, whose seasonal pursuits included fishing, hunting and gathering roots. In the 1820s, the Hudson's Bay Company trader Peter Skene Ogden recorded encounters with Shoshone people along the Snake, as fur brigades entered the river country in search of beaver.