Located on E. Main Street in Burley, this museum presents a display of Indian artifacts, fossils, farm tools and a wall-sized map of Cassia County. During your visit you will see a furnished log cabin, general store and school house, all of which date back to the 1880s. Miles of pioneer trails are visible near the museum and an audio tape which traces them is available.

Did you know that the horse evolved in North America? The Hagerman Horse, Equus Simplicidens, Idaho’s state fossil, was the first true horse. It was about the size of a modern Arabian horse. However, its bones most closely resembled zebra bones, Grevy’s zebra to be exact.

Hagerman is home to over two hundred different species of fossil plants and animals. The list includes Sabertooth Cat, a Hyena-like dog, Peccary, Mastodon, Otter, Bear, Shrew, Camel, and Ground Sloth, as well as many other species. With over 3,000 new fossil fragments found each year, it is one of the most fossiliferous Pliocene-aged sites in the world.

Come explore our Visitor Center with the
Discovery Center, fossil displays, introductory DVD and learn more about our fascinating fossil park!

You can see the actual fossils of prehistoric animals unearthed from the Hagerman Fossil Beds at the Hagerman Valley Historical Museum. The Museum has a full-cast replica of the fossilized horse and a mural showing how the area might have looked when this ancient horse roamed what is now the Snake River Plain. There are regional family histories on file, pictoral and past news items. See also: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument.

This museum features Rupert's 1906 railroad depot, a caboose and a genuine Russell steam engine that has been restored to its original colors. You'll see wooden wheeled carts once used by the firemen of an earlier day at the railroad depot in Minidoka. Exhibits include the marble soda fountain, stored since 1926, which still has its original supplies and a display of over 600 bottles and jars. Other artifacts include a permanent wave machine, an arc-light blueprint machine, a restored sheep wagon, horse-drawn farm equipment and items from the historic Minidoka Dam and power plant. See also Rupert's first jail, a homestead shack, trophies and yearbooks from Rupert High School, built in 1913.

Oakley was founded by ranchers and Mormon immigrants in 1878. Today it is on the National Register of Historic Places due to the collection of old stone and brick buildings in the area, which date back to 1883. This museum chronicles the history of the town and the surrounding area near City of Rocks.

Located on the edge of the spectacular Snake River Canyon, Idaho's 4th largest city was carved out of the rugged sagebrush high desert. Incorporated in 1905, it was named after the spectacular Twin Falls, located 7 miles NE of the town site. Hal-way between Boise and Pocatello, Twin Falls is an ideal stopping place for travelers on their way to and from the Tetons and Yellowstone Park. It is at the heart of the Great Rift, a 635-square mile geological phenomenon, a series of fissures, spatter cones and lava tubes created by 60 different lava flows and over 25 volcanic eruptions. The only other great rift on earth is in Africa. Near Twin Falls are unique geological features like Rock Creek Canyon, Snake River Canyon, Balanced Rock and Malad Gorge.