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Bliss Idaho WWI

Bliss Idaho WWI. Amanda Briscoe. How it Began. Late 1880’s it sprung up along the Oregon Short Line Railroad South of the Snake River and north is the Bennett Mountains 1907 Irrigation brought to Bliss. Opening of Bliss. 1880 Bliss had a store and a Saloon

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Bliss Idaho WWI

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  1. Bliss Idaho WWI Amanda Briscoe

  2. How it Began • Late 1880’s it sprung up along the Oregon Short Line Railroad • South of the Snake River and north is the Bennett Mountains • 1907 Irrigation brought to Bliss

  3. Opening of Bliss • 1880 Bliss had a store and a Saloon • 1910 grand opening of Bliss as a town • Ranchers and farmers were well established • David and Lydia Bliss the founders

  4. Contribution to WWI • By 1912 Bliss’s population and population grew • WWI is coming • Bliss grew due to the demand for horses and cattle

  5. What was Bliss’s part • Gooding County Leader, advertised that all possible horses be sold to the American and British Cavalry and artillery • Wild Horses rounded up

  6. Bliss goes to war • Many of the residents had patriotism, and joined the war effort • In 1918 After the Armistice Bliss celebrated with a parade

  7. Bliss is still here • During 1921 to 1933 like the rest of America Bliss was hit hard by the Great Depression • In 1934 the area got hit hard by drought • many moved on, but many stayed • 1983 Bliss celebrated its centennial • Bliss survives today

  8. Idaho Magazine pg 34-38, June 2007 Vol. 6. No 9 Article by Kelly Kast Bliss resident

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