Slaterville

Historical marker location:

Lenore, Idaho

( Marker is on U.S. 12, 0.6 miles west of Lenore Grade, on the right.)

Served as the steamboat port for the Clearwater Gold Rush. which followed mineral discoveries at Pierce in 1860.

Idaho was part of the Oregon Territory before it became a separate territory in 1863, and then a state in 1890. At the time, Idaho's borders were much larger than they are now, including parts of Wyoming and Montana.