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Fremont
County Fremont
County was established in 1893 when Bingham County was
partitioned. It is named for John C. Frémont. 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. 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. 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.
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. Additional
settlement occurred at Warm River in 1896, the Drummond area in 1900,
and Newdale in 1914. ![]() Fremont County Courthouse St. Anthony, Idaho
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