Connor, Idaho Explained

Official Name:Connor, Idaho
Pushpin Map:Idaho#USA
Pushpin Label:Connor
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Idaho##Location in the United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Idaho
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Cassia
Timezone:Mountain (MST)
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Elevation Ft:4931
Coordinates:42.2811°N -113.5014°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:83342
Area Code:208, 986
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:379624

Connor is an unincorporated community in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, along Idaho State Highway 77, about 7.5miles west of Malta.

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Education

Connor is a part of the Cassia County School District.

Zoned schools include:

Notes and References

  1. Boone, L: Idaho Place Names - A Geographical Dictionary, page 89. University of Idaho Press, 1988.
  2. Walgamott, C: Six Decades Back - A Series of Historical Sketches of Early Days in Idaho, pages 122-26. The Caxton Printers Ltd., 1936.
  3. Loewen, James W. "Lies Across America - What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong", pages 75-79, Touchstone (Simon and Schuster), New York, 2000.