History · Bliss

Bliss’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Bliss. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
1recent photos
Idaho - Bear Lake through, 1923 · Wikimedia Commons

The story

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It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

It has been documented in a photography book published in 2022 as a "disappearing" town.

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Timeline

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1920s2 items · Idaho - Bear Lake throughCommons
1930–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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By decade

Bliss, decade by decade

1930s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

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