Connor Creek, Idaho
Connor Creek is an unincorporated community located in Cassia County between Malta and Elba in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Idaho.
Name[]
Connor Creek is named after Colonel Patrick Edward Connor, a nineteenth-century military leader known for his campaigns against Indians in the American Old West. Connor, who was stationed at , ordered Captain Samuel P. Smith to attack Indians in Idaho. Smith, acting under Connor's order, nearly annihilated a group of Indians in 1864 at the place now called Connor Creek.[1] This massacre was considered retaliation for an alleged battle three years prior in nearby Almo Creek, where Indians killed almost 300 emigrants who were moving through the area.[2] However, James Loewen points out in "Lies Across America" that decades of research has led to no indication that any emigrants were killed in the Almo area.[3]
Education[]
Connor Creek is a part of the .
Zoned schools include:
- Raft River Elementary School
References[]
- ^ Boone, L: Idaho Place Names - A Geographical Dictionary, page 89. University of Idaho Press, 1988.
- ^ Walgamott, C: Six Decades Back - A Series of Historical Sketches of Early Days in Idaho, pages 122-26. The Caxton Printers Ltd., 1936.
- ^ Loewen, James W. "Lies Across America - What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong", pages 75-79, Touchstone (Simon and Schuster), New York, 2000.
External links[]
- "Connor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
Coordinates: 42°16′52″N 113°30′05″W / 42.28102°N 113.50139°W
- Unincorporated communities in Cassia County, Idaho
- Unincorporated communities in Idaho