Eastern Idaho Real Estate
Retreat-Ranch Property in Central Eastern-Idaho
Alternative Energy and Luxury
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This
Idaho Real Estate Listing is For Sale By Owner:
This property is on the Idaho side of the beautiful Bitterroot
mountains which divide Idaho
and Montana, along the Continental Divide. Though the Continental
Divide towers over 11,000 feet out the back door of this luxury estate,
the actual property is located close to the valley where the weather
is comfortable and pleasant.
Eastern
Idaho
is an undiscovered haven in the United States. This whole section of
Idaho is rimmed by the Continental
Divide, which divides the Idaho and Montana territories. It houses Idaho
Falls (a rapidly expanding city with a great economy and high tech focus,
which was recently voted one of the top ten places in the nation to
live), Pocatello
Idaho (home of Idaho University), AND miles of amazing wilderness.
Lemhi Estates
is located near the town of Salmon, approximately a 2 1/2 hour drive
from Idaho Falls. Although we are right in the center of the state,
Lemhi County still qualifies as Eastern
Idaho. This piece of luxury real estate features all the benefits
of wilderness living, with the luxury of modern conveniences, and easy
access to any services and lifestyle amenities you may need.
Eastern
Idaho has tremendous natural beauty. Some of our more spectacular locations
include: The Teton Valley, Sun Valley/Ketchum Idaho area, Craters of
the Moon park, The Crags Mountain Range, AND the exciting natural rivers:
The Salmon River and the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.
Lemhi Estates
is nestled in the Lemhi Valley, with great fishing, hiking and hunting.
If you are a history buff, it is always fun to visit nearby Idaho Ghost
towns from the gold rush days. These towns, and old mines, pictured
below, are a short drive from Lemhi Estates, on the road to Lemhi Pass.
 
Photos from Lemhi Pass
This small part
of Eastern Idaho is made
famous by the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In 1805 they crossed over
the Divide very near Lemhi Estates, at what is now called Lemhi Pass. It
was near Lemhi Pass that Sacajawea met and recognized her brother whom
she hadn't seen since she was kidnapped from the valley as a young girl.
After their happy reunion the expedition traded for horses, and the
entire party descended into the Lemhi and Salmon Valleys where they
spent several weeks.
 
Photos from the Lewis and Clark Trial
Even though
Eastern Idaho is often neglected
in many documentaries of Lewis and Clark, this is where they had some
of their most telling adventures. Sacajawea was born right here in the
Lemhi Valley, kidnapped as a young girl, and taken far from the area.
Near Lemhi Pass Sacajawea had an exciting reunion with her brother,
and it was the assistance of Sacajawea's tribe that enabled the party
to obtain horses and continue their journey down the western slopw of
the continent on their quest for the sea.
The Lewis
and Clark Expedition was hoping to find an easy river to traverse from
the western slope of the Continental Divide, and their first, obvious,
try was the Salmon River. The Salmon River does, indeed, flow from its
source on the west slope of the Continental Divide all the way to the
ocean. It meets the Snake River on the western borders of Idaho, then
joins the Columbia, and finally to the ocean. The problem was that the
section of river between the location of Salmon, Idaho down to the location
of Riggins, Idaho (on the western Idaho border) is a wild and difficult
river--impassable by canoe!
 
Salmon River: Photos courtesy Moose
Creek Estates
Today, this section
of river in Eastern Idaho,
is some of the most exciting white water rafting in the country. Back
in the day of Lewis and Clark is was considered impassable to the point
that it was called, "The River of No Return." Anyone who went
down it, was sure to never return.
If you float the
Salmon River today, you will have an exciting ride. But will be experiencing
a river slightly tamed since the days of Lewis and Clark. In the early
fifty's several of the more lethal rapids were blown out with dynamite,
making them still quite exciting, but passable.
Lewis and
Clark, however, were not easily deterred by the Indians tales of terrible
water. So they hiked through the valley, and headed down river to give
the canoes a try. They took a few rapids, but after passing the location
of today's small town of Shoup, and viewing the Pine Creek Rapids, they
gave up.
Winter
was starting to set in pretty quickly at this time, and the delay in
the Salmon River Valley took its toll. The Corps of Discovery headed,
with their guide, up over the mountains into Montana again, and seriously
lost the trail in a sudden (and very cold) snow storm. This pass is
today called Lost Trail Pass.
This unique history
gives a special value to Eastern Idaho Real Estate Property. Today the
same pass that caused such misery to the Lewis and Clark Expedition,
Lost Trail Pass, boasts some of the best skiing in Idaho. Lost Trail
Ski Resort has fantastic trails, and has yet to be discovered by the
crowds.
Lemhi Estates
enjoys all the wonderful qualities of the Montana-Idaho west. Wide open
skies, open fields, fresh air, abundant wildlife. Quality Idaho
Real Estate Property.
Wouldn't
you love to look out your window every day over this view of the Lemhi
Valley of Idaho. Residents of Eastern Idaho not only enjoy a safe, hassle-free
existence every day, we are proud to be sharing in a ripe national history.
Eastern
Idaho offers breathtaking views of snow-topped peaks. Our wide open
mountains and valleys are the best of the west. Lemhi Estates is in
a beautiful location. Please browse through our website for more on
this luxury retreat setting in the Idaho mountains.
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