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Market Lake
Location
of sign - I-15 South Mile Marker 142
Photo
taken- June 2008
Text
of sign:
Market Lake
The
flat irrigated fields that stretch to the next interchange used to
be a great Indian and trappers hunting ground in a old lake that
came
and went.
In
historic times, Market Lake was formed during the Snake River Flood
of 1853. When a new railroad grade blocked the over-
flow
channel leading from the river, the lake disappeared for a time
after 1887. Later irrigation seepage restored the lake,
and
now
the level is regulated for farming and for a wildlife refuge.
Text
prepared by the Idaho Historical Society Marker made &
installed by Idaho Transportation Department.
Graphics
on the sign - In addition to the text there is a map of Idaho
with the signs location marked and the notation that this is
sign
number 323.
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