Connor, Idaho


Connor is an unincorporated community in Cassia County, Idaho, United States,[1] along Idaho State Highway 77, about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Malta.[2]

Connor, Idaho
Unincorporated community
Connor is located in Idaho
Connor
Connor
Location in Idaho
Connor is located in the United States
Connor
Connor
Location in the United States
Coordinates: ource:gnis 42°16′52″N 113°30′5″W
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyCassia
Elevation
4,931 ft (1,503 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
83342
Area code(s)208, 986
GNIS feature ID379624[1]

Name

Connor is named after Colonel Patrick Edward Connor, a nineteenth-century military leader known for his campaigns against Indians in the American Old West. Connor, who was stationed at Camp Douglas, Utah, ordered Captain Samuel P. Smith to attack Indians in Idaho. Smith, acting under Connor's order, nearly annihilated a group of Indians in 1864 at the place now called Connor Creek.[3] This massacre was considered retaliation for an alleged battle three years prior in nearby Almo Creek, where Indians killed almost 300 emigrants who were moving through the area.[4] However, James Loewen points out in "Lies Across America" that decades of research has led to no indication that any emigrants were killed in the Almo area.[5]

Education

Connor is a part of the Cassia County School District.

Zoned schools include:

  • Raft River Elementary School
  • Raft River Junior/Senior High School

See also

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Connor
  2. Google (August 4, 2023). "Connor, Idaho 83342" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  3. Boone, L: Idaho Place Names - A Geographical Dictionary, page 89. University of Idaho Press, 1988.
  4. Walgamott, C: Six Decades Back - A Series of Historical Sketches of Early Days in Idaho, pages 122-26. The Caxton Printers Ltd., 1936.
  5. Loewen, James W. "Lies Across America - What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong", pages 75-79, Touchstone (Simon and Schuster), New York, 2000.


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