City Water Tower
by Robert Bales
Title
City Water Tower
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
The city water tower is one of the many land marks in Emmett, Idaho.
Originally called "Emmettville," it was primarily a post office named after Emmett Cahalan, the son of Tom Cahalan, an early settler of the area. The post office was later moved but retained the name. A few years later the "ville" was dropped and the post office and town became simply Emmett. In 1883 James Wardwell had the town platted, and in 1900 the town was incorporated as Emmett. Later, in March 1902, the Idaho Northern railroad came to the valley.
Today Emmett has a population of a little over 6000 people.
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June 7th, 2017
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