California Trail

Historical marker location:

Elba, Idaho

( Marker is on Elba-Almo Highway (at milepost 7) near Forest Road 708, on the left when traveling south.)

An Epic Migration that Opened the West.

Idaho was once home to one of the largest sawmills in the world. The Potlatch Lumber Company, which was based in the town of Potlatch, produced more than 2 billion board feet of lumber between 1906 and 1956.