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Malad City, Idaho
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For the Mumbai
, India
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.
Malad City (also commonly known as Malad) is the only city in and the county seat
of Oneida County
, Idaho
, United States
. Its population was 2,158 at the 2000 census.
The city is named after the nearby Malad River
, the name being French
for "sickly". Malad City is located along Interstate 15 on the east side of the Malad Valley 13 miles (20.9 km) from the Utah/Idaho border.
between 1832 and 1835. The men had eaten some beaver
that were nibbling on the poisonous roots of a certain tree that put a natural arsenic
into their flesh. The beaver would have likely been immune to the poison because of long-term adaptation, but the trappers suffered from their feast.
Malad began largely as a Welsh
Mormon
settlement whose settlers brought their Welsh traditions with them. In addition to the Mormon majority, some of the leading families in the community belonged to either the Presbyterian Church or the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. These two denominations each built a place of worship in the town. Some of the minutes from early town meetings were taken down in both English and Welsh. The city is very proud of its Welsh heritage. Malad lays claim to having more people of Welsh descent per capita than anywhere outside of Wales http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4699459.stm. Malad celebrated its Welsh heritage by holding an annual “eisteddfod”, patterned after the music and poetry contests held in Wales for over 900 years. The eisteddfod was an all-day event with people coming from all over southeastern Idaho. The event featured music, songs and storytelling of Wales. The custom continued until 1916 and the outbreak of World War I
. With the goal of renewing the old eisteddfod tradition in Malad, in 2004, the annual Malad Valley Welsh Festival was established.
In the summer of 1843 John C. Fremont
and his party of 39 men passed the spot where Malad City now stands.
Mormon prophet
Brigham Young
came through the Malad Valley in 1855. In 1856, at his request, Utahn members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints migrated to the region. This party of 15 families led by Ezra Barnard traveled to the Malad Valley and established a community by the name of Fort Stuart. The following year in 1857, Fort Stuart was renamed Malad City. A post office was later set up in 1865.
By 1886 Malad City was the fastest growing village in eastern Idaho. The city was an important commercial center between Salt Lake and Butte, Montana
. In 1906, the railroad reached Malad City, allowing travel to Salt Lake City in only a four hour ride by rail. The population of the city would double over the next 15 years as a result. Malad City experienced a flood when the earthen Deep Creek Dam, northeast of the city, broke June 19, 1910.
Malad City, as the county seat of Oneida County, developed into a thriving and self sufficient small town during the second through the fifth decades of the 20th century. LaGrande Hall was a dance hall where live music was played when ballroom dancing was a popular activity. Young people, not just Malad residents, but those from surrounding communities, met there on Saturday nights to enjoy dancing to the popular music of the 1920s through the 1940s (the community swimming pool is now located in that building). Malad also became home to the #5 J. C. Penney Store. Malad had two movie theatres: the Star and the Aldea. The Star featured first run films, and had a bank night weekly, where a winning ticket (name) was drawn for $100 in the 1950s. The Aldea catered to the younger set with Friday night and Saturday matinee cowboy movies, horror movies and comedies such as the Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello. The two locally established banking institutions were the J. N. Ireland Bank and the First National Bank. In addition to several grocery stores and service stations, there were bars, cafes, hardware stores, appliance stores, Dives Furniture Store and the Great Northern Hotel which included a cafe and the Greyhound bus depot. The Hotel was lost in a fire in the late 1940s, which required fire engines from the Salt Lake City fire department to bring it under control. The Hotel Thomas was built to replace it during the early 1950s. The Reynolds family ran a pick-up and delivery dry cleaning business. Malad had a bowling alley with about eight lanes and manual pin setting. The old post office was located east of the First National Bank and the Idaho Enterprise (weekly) Newspaper presses and office were housed in the basement of the post office building. The bank and post office buildings were beautiful examples of period architecture of the early 20th century, but have since been dismantled. In the 1950s Malad had two drug stores, each with its own soda fountain with made-to-order soft drinks and a variety of ice cream treats. There was a downtown building next to the Chevron service station which had medical offices for two physicians on the main floor and apartments on the upper floor. There were separate GM, Ford and Chrysler dealerships. As a farming community, farm machinery could be purchased locally. Malad had three barber shops. In the late 1950s a drive-in restaurant with car hops was established and continues (but under new ownership). There was a ladies dress shop called "Hazels," next to the Star Theater. There was even a store which sold bicycles and bicycle supplies and parts. A favorite business, B's, was the place to go for candy, soft drinks, snacks, beer, movie magazines, comics, sheet music and to play pin ball machines.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake
shook the Pocatello Valley near the Idaho-Utah border March 27, 1975. The epicenter
was only 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Malad City which was hit hardest by the quake. Nearly 2/3 of its homes and businesses had some sort of damage.
Malad City received national news coverage when a corporate jet carrying eight people including four Coca-Cola
executives crashed January 15, 1996 killing all onboard http://www.cnn.com/US/Newsbriefs/9601/01-15/. The large twin-engine turbo-prop was flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Pocatello, Idaho
for a Coca- Cola sales meeting. The Mitsubishi MU-2
aircraft crashed and burned at the base of a canyon 8 miles (12.9 km) northwest of Malad. According to the National Transportation Safety Board
in its published SEA96MA043 Accident Report, the cause of the accident was listed as ice on the wings.
Towards the end of 2003, a nationwide influenza
outbreak occurred. Malad was likely the hardest hit community in the nation. So many people became ill during the first part of December, 2003 that the city was virtually shut down. The entire school district in Malad was closed for three days in an effort to keep students from spreading the ailment. Roughly a third of the students became ill. Church services and Christmas festivities were also cancelled.
Malad City has the oldest department store in the state of Idaho. Evans Co-op opened in 1865 and is still in business today. Malad City also has the longest running weekly newspaper in Idaho, called "The Idaho Enterprise" which published its first issue on June 6, 1879.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km²), all of it land. It lies on the eastern edge of Malad Valley at 4,540 feet (1384 m) in elevation.
The Wasatch fault runs along the east side of Malad Valley, and there are several active faults in the area to the south and west.
of 2000, there were 2,158 people, 797 households, and 561 families residing in the city. The population density
was 1,294.6 people per square mile (498.9/km²). There were 908 housing units at an average density of 544.7 per square mile (209.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.01% White, 0.14% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.56% from other races
, and 0.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.85% of the population.
There were 797 households out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples
living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,235, and the median income for a family was $38,068. Males had a median income of $29,125 versus $19,338 for females. The per capita income
for the city was $13,926. About 6.2% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.
Caribou-Targhee National Forest - Located in southeastern Idaho in portions of six different Idaho counties with small portions in Wyoming
and Utah
, Caribou National Forest covers more than 1 million acres (4,000 km²). It is home to elk, deer and moose, but not caribou. The Malad district includes the Great Basin mountain range. The Malad office is located at: 195 South 300 East, Malad, Idaho 83252 Phone: (208) 766-5900. District Ranger: Jerald Tower
Curlew National Grassland - Established in 1960, the Curlew National Grassland is the only National Grassland of the nations' grasslands in the intermountain west. With over 47000 acres (190.2 km²) of land, it provides habitat for a diversity of wildlife such as waterfowl, song birds, birds of prey, upland birds including Sharp-tailed Grouse
. Located 16 miles (25.7 km) west of Malad on Highway 37. Maintained campgrounds and dispersed camping are both available. Phone: (208) 766-4743
Malad Welsh Festival
See second paragraph in this article under "History"
, the work of Jared Hess
and the precursor film to the hit Napoleon Dynamite
, mentions Malad. The antagonist, Seth, is played by Jon Heder
and tells his friends that he has an FFA
competition in "Ma-lawd" the following morning. Peluca
and Napoleon Dynamite
were both filmed in neighboring Franklin County, Idaho
and reference much of the surrounding area in their film.
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Suburb, see Malad (Mumbai suburb)
Malad (Mumbai suburb)
Malad is a suburb of Mumbai, India. It is also the name of the railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway railway line, located in the Malad suburb.-History:...
.
Malad City (also commonly known as Malad) is the only city in and the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
of Oneida County
Oneida County, Idaho
Oneida County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2000 Census the county had a population of 4,125 . The county seat and largest city is Malad City. The Oneida County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Most of the county's population lives in...
, Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Its population was 2,158 at the 2000 census.
The city is named after the nearby Malad River
Malad River (Utah)
The Malad River is a tributary of the Bear River in southeastern Idaho and northern Utah in the United States. The river flows southward, beginning northwest of Malad City, Idaho, crosses the Idaho-Utah state line just north of Portage, Utah, flows through Tremonton, and empties into the Bear...
, the name being French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
for "sickly". Malad City is located along Interstate 15 on the east side of the Malad Valley 13 miles (20.9 km) from the Utah/Idaho border.
History
Established in 1864, Malad is one of the oldest communities in the state of Idaho. The community received its name from Donald Mackenzie, a Scottish-Canadian trapper, who passed through the valley between 1818 and 1821 with a party of trappers. Some of his men became sick while camped here and, believing that the illness was caused by drinking water from the valley's principal stream, he named it "Malade" meaning sick or bad in the French language. Actually, the water had nothing to do with the men's illness, as it was later learned by the second party led by Jim BridgerJim Bridger
James Felix "Jim" Bridger was among the foremost mountain men, trappers, scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western United States during the decades of 1820-1850, as well as mediating between native tribes and encroaching whites...
between 1832 and 1835. The men had eaten some beaver
Beaver
The beaver is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, North American Beaver and Eurasian Beaver . Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges . They are the second-largest rodent in the world...
that were nibbling on the poisonous roots of a certain tree that put a natural arsenic
Arsenic
Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As, atomic number 33 and relative atomic mass 74.92. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in conjunction with sulfur and metals, and also as a pure elemental crystal. It was first documented by Albertus Magnus in 1250.Arsenic is a metalloid...
into their flesh. The beaver would have likely been immune to the poison because of long-term adaptation, but the trappers suffered from their feast.
Malad began largely as a Welsh
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
Mormon
Mormon
The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...
settlement whose settlers brought their Welsh traditions with them. In addition to the Mormon majority, some of the leading families in the community belonged to either the Presbyterian Church or the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. These two denominations each built a place of worship in the town. Some of the minutes from early town meetings were taken down in both English and Welsh. The city is very proud of its Welsh heritage. Malad lays claim to having more people of Welsh descent per capita than anywhere outside of Wales http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4699459.stm. Malad celebrated its Welsh heritage by holding an annual “eisteddfod”, patterned after the music and poetry contests held in Wales for over 900 years. The eisteddfod was an all-day event with people coming from all over southeastern Idaho. The event featured music, songs and storytelling of Wales. The custom continued until 1916 and the outbreak of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. With the goal of renewing the old eisteddfod tradition in Malad, in 2004, the annual Malad Valley Welsh Festival was established.
In the summer of 1843 John C. Fremont
John C. Frémont
John Charles Frémont , was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder...
and his party of 39 men passed the spot where Malad City now stands.
Mormon prophet
Prophet
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
Brigham Young
Brigham Young
Brigham Young was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death in 1877, he founded Salt Lake City, and he served as the first governor of the Utah...
came through the Malad Valley in 1855. In 1856, at his request, Utahn members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints migrated to the region. This party of 15 families led by Ezra Barnard traveled to the Malad Valley and established a community by the name of Fort Stuart. The following year in 1857, Fort Stuart was renamed Malad City. A post office was later set up in 1865.
By 1886 Malad City was the fastest growing village in eastern Idaho. The city was an important commercial center between Salt Lake and Butte, Montana
Butte, Montana
Butte is a city in Montana and the county seat of Silver Bow County, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. As of the 2010 census, Butte's population was 34,200...
. In 1906, the railroad reached Malad City, allowing travel to Salt Lake City in only a four hour ride by rail. The population of the city would double over the next 15 years as a result. Malad City experienced a flood when the earthen Deep Creek Dam, northeast of the city, broke June 19, 1910.
Malad City, as the county seat of Oneida County, developed into a thriving and self sufficient small town during the second through the fifth decades of the 20th century. LaGrande Hall was a dance hall where live music was played when ballroom dancing was a popular activity. Young people, not just Malad residents, but those from surrounding communities, met there on Saturday nights to enjoy dancing to the popular music of the 1920s through the 1940s (the community swimming pool is now located in that building). Malad also became home to the #5 J. C. Penney Store. Malad had two movie theatres: the Star and the Aldea. The Star featured first run films, and had a bank night weekly, where a winning ticket (name) was drawn for $100 in the 1950s. The Aldea catered to the younger set with Friday night and Saturday matinee cowboy movies, horror movies and comedies such as the Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello. The two locally established banking institutions were the J. N. Ireland Bank and the First National Bank. In addition to several grocery stores and service stations, there were bars, cafes, hardware stores, appliance stores, Dives Furniture Store and the Great Northern Hotel which included a cafe and the Greyhound bus depot. The Hotel was lost in a fire in the late 1940s, which required fire engines from the Salt Lake City fire department to bring it under control. The Hotel Thomas was built to replace it during the early 1950s. The Reynolds family ran a pick-up and delivery dry cleaning business. Malad had a bowling alley with about eight lanes and manual pin setting. The old post office was located east of the First National Bank and the Idaho Enterprise (weekly) Newspaper presses and office were housed in the basement of the post office building. The bank and post office buildings were beautiful examples of period architecture of the early 20th century, but have since been dismantled. In the 1950s Malad had two drug stores, each with its own soda fountain with made-to-order soft drinks and a variety of ice cream treats. There was a downtown building next to the Chevron service station which had medical offices for two physicians on the main floor and apartments on the upper floor. There were separate GM, Ford and Chrysler dealerships. As a farming community, farm machinery could be purchased locally. Malad had three barber shops. In the late 1950s a drive-in restaurant with car hops was established and continues (but under new ownership). There was a ladies dress shop called "Hazels," next to the Star Theater. There was even a store which sold bicycles and bicycle supplies and parts. A favorite business, B's, was the place to go for candy, soft drinks, snacks, beer, movie magazines, comics, sheet music and to play pin ball machines.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
shook the Pocatello Valley near the Idaho-Utah border March 27, 1975. The epicenter
Epicenter
The epicenter or epicentre is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates...
was only 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Malad City which was hit hardest by the quake. Nearly 2/3 of its homes and businesses had some sort of damage.
Malad City received national news coverage when a corporate jet carrying eight people including four Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
executives crashed January 15, 1996 killing all onboard http://www.cnn.com/US/Newsbriefs/9601/01-15/. The large twin-engine turbo-prop was flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock...
for a Coca- Cola sales meeting. The Mitsubishi MU-2
Mitsubishi MU-2
The Mitsubishi MU-2 is one of postwar Japan's most successful aircraft. It is a high-wing, twin-engine turboprop, and has a pressurized cabin.-Design and development:...
aircraft crashed and burned at the base of a canyon 8 miles (12.9 km) northwest of Malad. According to the National Transportation Safety Board
National Transportation Safety Board
The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation. In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine...
in its published SEA96MA043 Accident Report, the cause of the accident was listed as ice on the wings.
Towards the end of 2003, a nationwide influenza
Influenza
Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae , that affects birds and mammals...
outbreak occurred. Malad was likely the hardest hit community in the nation. So many people became ill during the first part of December, 2003 that the city was virtually shut down. The entire school district in Malad was closed for three days in an effort to keep students from spreading the ailment. Roughly a third of the students became ill. Church services and Christmas festivities were also cancelled.
Malad City has the oldest department store in the state of Idaho. Evans Co-op opened in 1865 and is still in business today. Malad City also has the longest running weekly newspaper in Idaho, called "The Idaho Enterprise" which published its first issue on June 6, 1879.
Geography
Malad City is located at 42°11′27"N 112°14′57"W (42.190887, -112.249214).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the city has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km²), all of it land. It lies on the eastern edge of Malad Valley at 4,540 feet (1384 m) in elevation.
- Days per year with predominate sun: 203
- Days per year with some precipitation (over 0.01 inch): 97
The Wasatch fault runs along the east side of Malad Valley, and there are several active faults in the area to the south and west.
- Timezone: MST (GMT -7), Observes Daylight Saving TimeDaylight saving timeDaylight saving time —also summer time in several countries including in British English and European official terminology —is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less...
. - USDA plant hardiness zone: 5
- ZIP code: 83252
- Area Code: 208
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 2,158 people, 797 households, and 561 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 1,294.6 people per square mile (498.9/km²). There were 908 housing units at an average density of 544.7 per square mile (209.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.01% White, 0.14% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.56% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 0.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.85% of the population.
There were 797 households out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,235, and the median income for a family was $38,068. Males had a median income of $29,125 versus $19,338 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $13,926. About 6.2% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.
Attractions
Oneida County Pioneer Museum - The building was constructed in 1914 by R.B. Davis and used as a drug store and for other business purposes until becoming home to the museum in 1992. The original safe and the original pressed-tin ceiling are still in good condition and are notable features of the museum. Open: Tues-Sat 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment. Admission is free but donations are appreciated. Street address: 27 Bannock St. Malad, ID 83252 Phone: (208) 766 - 9247Caribou-Targhee National Forest - Located in southeastern Idaho in portions of six different Idaho counties with small portions in Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
and Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, Caribou National Forest covers more than 1 million acres (4,000 km²). It is home to elk, deer and moose, but not caribou. The Malad district includes the Great Basin mountain range. The Malad office is located at: 195 South 300 East, Malad, Idaho 83252 Phone: (208) 766-5900. District Ranger: Jerald Tower
Curlew National Grassland - Established in 1960, the Curlew National Grassland is the only National Grassland of the nations' grasslands in the intermountain west. With over 47000 acres (190.2 km²) of land, it provides habitat for a diversity of wildlife such as waterfowl, song birds, birds of prey, upland birds including Sharp-tailed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
The Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus , is a medium-sized prairie grouse. It is also known as the sharptail, and is known as "fire grouse" or "fire bird" by Native American Indians due to their reliance on brush fires to keep their habitat open.-Taxonomy:The Greater Prairie-chicken,...
. Located 16 miles (25.7 km) west of Malad on Highway 37. Maintained campgrounds and dispersed camping are both available. Phone: (208) 766-4743
Malad Welsh Festival
See second paragraph in this article under "History"
Notable natives
- Billy BartyBilly BartyBilly Barty was an American film actor.-Biography:Barty, an Italian American, was born William John Bertanzetti in Millsboro, Pennsylvania...
- actor - John V. EvansJohn V. EvansJohn Victor Evans, Sr. was the 27th Governor of Idaho from 1977–87. He is a member of the Democratic Party.Evans was elected to the Idaho Senate in 1952 and re-elected in 1954 and 1956, serving as majority leader in his final term. In 1960, Evans became mayor of Malad City and served in that...
- Idaho State SenatorIdaho SenateThe Idaho Senate is the upper chamber of the Idaho State Legislature. It consists of 35 Senators elected to two-year terms, each representing a district of the state. The Senate meets at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho.-Composition of the Senate:...
, including Majority and Minority Leader positions, and Governor of Idaho - Ralph R. HardingRalph R. HardingRalph R. Harding was a former congressman from eastern Idaho; he served two terms as a Democrat from 1961-65....
- StateIdaho House of RepresentativesThe Idaho House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Idaho State Legislature. It consists of 70 representatives elected to two-year terms and meets at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho.-Composition of the House:...
and U.S.United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
Representative - William Marion JardineWilliam Marion JardineWilliam Marion Jardine was a U.S. administrator and educator. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1925 to 1929 and as the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt from 1930 to 1933.-Education:...
- United States Secretary of AgricultureUnited States Secretary of AgricultureThe United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The current secretary is Tom Vilsack, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on 20 January 2009. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other...
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to EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... - Olive Davis OsmondOlive OsmondOlive May Osmond was the matriarch of the American Osmond singing family, and mother of entertainers Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond....
- mother of the Osmonds - Darwin ThomasDarwin ThomasDarwin W. Thomas was born in Malad City, Idaho on September 5, 1894. He was the oldest child of David Morgan Thomas and Sarah Jane Williams Thomas. His early education through high school was in Malad City. After graduation from Malad High School he attended the former Boise Normal School and...
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- writer and activist - William J. Rutter, PhD - Chmn of Dept of Biochemistry & Biophysics at UC San Francisco, played a key role in developing recombinant DNA technology, genetic engineering and methods for biotech companies to develop and exploit this new technology.
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Popular culture
The short film PelucaPeluca
Peluca is a short film by director Jared Hess, produced for an assignment while attending Brigham Young University in 2003. It was made in two days for under $500, and was shown at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival.-Plot:...
, the work of Jared Hess
Jared Hess
Jared Lawrence Hess is an American filmmaker known for his work Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre , which he co-wrote and directed with his wife, Jerusha Hess....
and the precursor film to the hit Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca....
, mentions Malad. The antagonist, Seth, is played by Jon Heder
Jon Heder
Jonathan Joseph "Jon" Heder is an American screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker. His feature film debut came in 2004 as the title character of the comedy film Napoleon Dynamite...
and tells his friends that he has an FFA
National FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
competition in "Ma-lawd" the following morning. Peluca
Peluca
Peluca is a short film by director Jared Hess, produced for an assignment while attending Brigham Young University in 2003. It was made in two days for under $500, and was shown at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival.-Plot:...
and Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca....
were both filmed in neighboring Franklin County, Idaho
Franklin County, Idaho
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2000 Census the county had a population of 11,329 . The county seat and largest city is Preston. Franklin County is part of the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.Established in 1913, Franklin County was named...
and reference much of the surrounding area in their film.