Native American, Namesake of Pocatello, Idaho. Chief Pocatello was born in the Grouse Creek area of northwestern Utah about 1815. Chief Pocatello first became a leader in 1847 of about 15 families and by 1857 was leader of a group of about 400 Shoshone Indians. In the 1870's Pocatello and his followers settled on the reservation around Fort Hall, Idaho. He continued to be involved in many conflicts with the U.S. government because of their failure to provide adequate living conditions including the Bannock war in 1877. In 1878 the Union Pacific railroad terminus was at the southern end of the reservation at Fort Hall and was named Pocatello. Chief Pocatello died in October 1884. He left instructions that he was to be buried in a large spring close to the Bannock Creek where he had been living. He was buried with 18 of his horses. Chief Pocatello's burial spot is somewhere under the American Falls Reservoir now.
Native American, Namesake of Pocatello, Idaho. Chief Pocatello was born in the Grouse Creek area of northwestern Utah about 1815. Chief Pocatello first became a leader in 1847 of about 15 families and by 1857 was leader of a group of about 400 Shoshone Indians. In the 1870's Pocatello and his followers settled on the reservation around Fort Hall, Idaho. He continued to be involved in many conflicts with the U.S. government because of their failure to provide adequate living conditions including the Bannock war in 1877. In 1878 the Union Pacific railroad terminus was at the southern end of the reservation at Fort Hall and was named Pocatello. Chief Pocatello died in October 1884. He left instructions that he was to be buried in a large spring close to the Bannock Creek where he had been living. He was buried with 18 of his horses. Chief Pocatello's burial spot is somewhere under the American Falls Reservoir now.
Bio by: David M. Habben
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