History
Pocatello has a rich history that date back to the early west. The city itself was founded in 1889 and has been considered the “Gateway to the Northwest.” (Welcome to the city of Pocatello) The city of Pocatello was named after a Native American chief. In recent years, Pocatello has become a growing community that could be the fourth largest city in Idaho. With this growth the city has implemented the department of parks and recreation to beautify and diversify the community as well as giving its citizens access to many parks and recreation.
Read more about this topic: Pocatello Parks And Recreation
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“We may pretend that we’re basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.”
—Terry Hands (b. 1941)
“In all history no class has been enfranchised without some selfish motive underlying. If to-day we could prove to Republicans or Democrats that every woman would vote for their party, we should be enfranchised.”
—Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947)
“We don’t know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don’t understand our name at all, we don’t know its history and yet we bear it with exalted fidelity, we merge with it, we like it, we are ridiculously proud of it as if we had thought it up ourselves in a moment of brilliant inspiration.”
—Milan Kundera (b. 1929)