13 Facts About Caldwell Idaho

Present-day location of Caldwell Idaho is located along a natural passageway to the Inland and Pacific Northwest.

Caldwell Idaho rejected the grade into Boise City as too steep and chose a site thirty miles to the west.

Caldwell Idaho drove a stake into an alkali flat of sagebrush and greasewood and the City of Caldwell was platted.

Caldwell Idaho was named after one of Strahorn's business partners, Alexander Caldwell Idaho, a former Senator from the State of Kansas.

When Caldwell was platted in August 1883, its founder, the Idaho and Oregon Land Improvement Company, started persuading settlers and businessmen to move to the area.

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Caldwell Idaho experienced moderate growth as an agricultural processing, commercial retail and educational center during the twentieth century.

In 2009, the City of Caldwell Idaho completed a revitalization project to restore Indian Creek, which runs through downtown Caldwell Idaho, but had been used for sewage disposal by local industries, and had been covered over.

Caldwell Idaho has held an annual Indian Creek Festival every September since 2003.

Indian Creek Plaza, located in downtown Caldwell Idaho, includes an ice ribbon each winter, as well as many events throughout the year.

Caldwell Idaho has 12 city parks, two golf courses, a city pool, and two skateparks.

Caldwell Idaho has five secondary schools—including Caldwell Idaho High School and Vallivue High School—and six elementary schools.

College of Idaho is located in Caldwell and is one of the oldest four-year institutions in the state.

Caldwell Idaho has a high-quality water system, which remained untreated and met all federal guidelines until the 1990s when the Federal Government mandated chlorination.