Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho Genealogy

City Hall
Salmon City Hall 200 Main St. Salmon, ID 83467 Phone: (208) 756-2038 Fax: (208) 756-4840

Current
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 400 South Daisy Street Salmon, ID 83467-4740

(208) 756-3514

Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Church History Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at its Family History Centers. Records of the (1931-1948) are among these records.

Episcopal
Episcopal Church-Redeemer‎ 204 Courthouse Drive Salmon, ID 83467-3943

(208) 756-3720

Historical
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has microfilmed records of the (1902-1996) found in St. Michael's Cathedral Archives in Boise, Idaho. These films are available for viewing at the Library in Salt Lake City or in any of its Family History Centers.

The Family History Library has also filmed records of the (1951-1995) found at the Trintity Episcopal Church in Pocatello. These two can be viewed in Salt Lake City or in any of the Library's Family History Center.

Current
Salmon United Methodist Church‎ 201 Lombard Street Salmon, ID 83467-3901

(208) 756-3490

Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church‎ 511 Lena Street Salmon, ID 83467-4204

(208) 756-3918

Roman Catholic
St Charles Catholic Church‎ 505 Hope Avenue Salmon, ID 83467-4608

(208) 756-2432

Historical
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has microfilmed records of the (1918-1965) found in the Roman Catholic Diocese Archives of Boise, Idaho. Copies of these films can be viewed at the Library in Salt Lake City or in any of its Family History Centers.

Other
Church of Christ‎ 700 Bryan Avenue Salmon, ID 83467

(208) 756-8543

Faith Bible Chapel‎ 410 Fulton Street Salmon, ID 83467-3848

(208) 756-4997

Calvary Chapel of Salmon‎ 201 North Church Street Salmon, ID 83467-4244

(208) 756-4422

Salmon Seventh-Day Adventist‎ 1602 Main Street Salmon, ID 83467-4415

(208) 756-6801

Assembly of God Church‎ 510 Bulwer Street Salmon, ID 83467

(208) 756-3393

Directories
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, state and regional directories.

History
The whole Salmon River region remained in undisturbed possession of the Indians until 1866, when mining discoveries open up the country and Salmon City was founded in the spring of 1867, at a point where Lemhi River empties into the Salmon River, about 20 miles northwest of where Fort Limhi stood. A county called Lemhi, which in 1930 had a population of 4,643 was created by the Idaho Legislature Jan 9, 1869. The ruins of old Fort Limhi are still in existence and in good state of preservation. Fort Limhi was the first Anglo-Saxon settlement founded in what is now the state of Idaho.

Additional history of Salmon, Idaho and the early Latter-day Saint settlers there can be found in: Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 740.

Current
Recorder-Herald P.O. Box 310 Salmon, ID 83467 Ph. 208-756-2221 email - fhads@custertel.net Weekly

Historical
Copies of issues of the following Salmon newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise:

Hoot owl 1893:2:26-1893:6:3,18 Idaho hydraulic gold miner  1892:7:30-1893:5:6  Idaho recorder  1886:11:13-1927:4:15  Lemhi County recorder herald  1927:4:22-1929:8:28 y Lemhi daily spud  1927:9:30 Lemhi herald  1901:1:30-1903:1:24

Lemhi republic 1894:4:7-1899:4:7  Recorder herald  1929:9:4-to date Recorder herald  1948:1:29  Salmon City sentinel  1936:7:25  Salmon herald  1914:11:20-1927:4:24  Semi-weekly mining news  1867:6:20, 7:7, 8:1, 9:1