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09-28-2012Idaho Delegation to Host Annual Academy Day
Boise, ID – Each year, elected officials have the honor of nominating deserving young women and men to the U.S. Air Force Academy, the...(More)
09-21-2012 Crapo, Hagan Introduce Bill to Assist Farmers, Water Users
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Kay Hagan (D-NC) introduced legislation yesterday that would eliminate a costly...(More)
09-19-2012 Senators Introduce Legislation Requiring CFPB to Conduct Small Business Panel on Mortgage Rule
Washington, D.C. – Idaho Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), along with Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL), Bob Corker (R-TN) and Pat Toomey (R-PA),...(More)
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Cassia County
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Cassia County was established on February 20, 1879, with its county seat as Albion. It was the 11th county created in what became the state of Idaho. The county boundaries were later reduced in 1913 by the creation of Twin Falls and Power counties. The county seat was changed to Burley on November 5, 1918. It was named for Cassia Creek, which was named for one of two words: cajeaux, peasant French for raft; or James John Cazier, member of the LDS Church and of the Mormon Battalion, later a colorful captain of an emigrant train, whose name was corrupted to Cassia. Locally it is also believed that the name is derived from the name of a plant.
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County Statistics:
County Seat: Burley
Population: 21,698 (2009 estimate)
Cassia County website
Borders: Blaine, Jerome, Minidoka, Oneida, Power and Twin Falls counties; Utah
What To See And Do:
The historic Albion Normal School Campus. The school was established by an Act of the Idaho Legislature in 1893 as a result of petitions from the people in Albion. Land was donated to the state and volunteer labor was used to build the beautiful school.
Through the years, the majority of students came from the farms and small towns of the surrounding counties. Albion Normal School was dedicated to training interested and able persons to be teachers in Idaho�s growing society. Over its 57-year history the school produced 6,460 teachers. One of these graduates, Terrell H. Bell, served as United States Secretary of Education in the Reagan Administration from 1981-1985.
Albion Normal School survived the depression and World War II but, by 1951, it was clear that the small school could not meet the state- mandated quota of students and was closed after transferring its responsibilities to Idaho State College (now Idaho State University) in Pocatello. It is now being used as an event center.
Famous Cassia County Natives and Residents:
Jack "J.R." Simplot (1909-2008) came to Idaho in 1911 at age two from Iowa. As a young man, Simplot rented a farm near Declo and grew potatoes. He became the country's largest shipper of fresh potatoes. In the 1950s, he developed the technique that created the frozen French fry. Today, his company, J.R. Simplot, is based in Boise and is one of the world's largest frozen potato manufacturers/processors. For many years, once a year for a day, Simplot serves French fries at a Boise-area fast food restaurant.
(Sources include The Idaho Blue Book.)