"Handsome Small Prairie"

Historical marker location:

1001 West Pierce Street, Weippe, Idaho

( Marker is on West Pierce Street (State Highway 11 at milepost 17) near West 7th Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Gold Rush Historic Byway. Adventure Into Idaho's Beginnings.

The state's first female governor was elected in 1990. Her name was Cecilia M. "Cec" Andrus, and she was the wife of former governor and US Secretary of the Interior, Cecil D. Andrus.