Mount Idaho

The man who made Mount Idaho was Loyal P. Brown, who bought out Milner's toll trail, built the hotel and, sitting on the Territorial Council in 1874-75, worked through the bill that made his town the county seat. In June 1877 settlers from across Camas Prairie crowded in behind a rock fort here and stayed until the war was over, and Brown's hotel served as a hospital. Grangeville won the county seat on November 4, 1902, with nearly three-quarters of the vote, and Mount Idaho lost its post office in 1922.

What the plaque says

Mount Idaho In 1862, a noted western scout, Mose Milner, started Mount Idaho on his gold rush trail to Florence. Camas Prairie's major early town soon grew up there. But when civic leaders resisted farm efforts to organize a grange there in 1874, Grangeville grew up as a better located town. Although Mount Idaho became county seat from 1875 to 1902, and had an important Chinese community, Grangeville soon surpassed its older rival. Most of its early buildings have disappeared. 352 Text prepared by the Idaho Historical Society Marker made & installed by Idaho Transportation Department

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• White Bird Battlefield — 12 mi
  Six Nimiipuu men rode out under a white flag. A shot came from the soldiers' side, and the Nez Perce War began.
• Heart of the Monster — 22 mi
  Where the Nimiipuu say their story begins: Coyote, a monster, and the heart he tore loose, still on the Clearwater's bank.

More markers nearby

• Camas Prairie — 7.3 mi
• Elk City Wagon Road — 8.1 mi
• Harpster — 8.1 mi
• Salmon River — 8.7 mi