Stage Coach Station

Historical marker location:

18526 South Olson Road, Downey, Idaho

( Marker is on South Olson Road near East Virginia Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1963

Idaho was the first state to have a complete statewide system of television broadcasting. KIDO-TV, now KTVB, began broadcasting in Boise in 1953, and within a few years, the entire state was covered by a network of television stations.