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History · Inkom

Inkom’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Inkom. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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The Shoshone Indians named the area around present day Inkom "Ingacom", a reference to the rock formation on the eastern side of town, where one can see the remnants of the "Red Hare". It was photographed in 1930 after the "ears" had been knocked off by vandals. The local creek was originally called "Rabbit River" but later changed to Rapid Creek as it is called today. The "Red Hare" is still there today.

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Inkom, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Inkom is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Inkom has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Brady Memorial Chapel in Pocatello, 9.8 miles away.

Inkom and the nearest listed places

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Brady Memorial ChapelIdaho State University Administration BuildingHarkness, H. O., Stable BuildingMcCammon State Bank BuildingPocatello Warehouse Historic DistrictIdaho State University Neighborhood Historic District

Closest to Inkom

Brady Memorial ChapelPocatello · Gothic Revival9.8miIdaho State University Administration BuildingPocatello · Art Deco · Built 193910.1miHarkness, H. O., Stable BuildingMcCammon · Building10.2miMcCammon State Bank BuildingMcCammon · Romanesque Revival10.3miPocatello Warehouse Historic DistrictPocatello · District10.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Brady Memorial Chapel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Inkom?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Inkom’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 McCammon📜 Pocatello📜 Chubbuck📜 Arimo

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