North Bingham County Historical Park

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The North Bingham County Educational Park
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Initial Partners

• Bingham County Parks and Recreation
• ID.E.A.S. (The Idaho Education Alliance for
  Solutions)
• The Shelley School District

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Background

• 20 acre parcel adjacent to the Snake River
• Bingham County owns the land and provides
  equipment and utilities
• ID.E.A.S. provides oversight and planning, writes
  grants, oversees community volunteers, maintains
  the site
• School District 60 writes grants, provides
  student work projects

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A Planned Development in Four Parts

• I. The Historical Park
• II. The Experimental Farm
• III. The Educational Gardens
• IV. The Technology Center

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I. The Historical Park
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Before (1998)
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After (2009)
General Store
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One-Room School
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Log Cabins
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Sheep Camp
Covered Wagon
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Rest Rooms
Amphitheater
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II. The Experimental Farm
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Six-stalled Barn
Chicken Coop
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Pivot
Fenced Pasture
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Small Apple Orchard
Grape Vineyard
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Young nut trees
Arena
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III. Educational Gardens(Under Construction)
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Dig Site
Coming Soon Arboretum Humming Bird
Habitat Living Sundial And more
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IV. Technology Center(Proposed)

• Energy
• Wind Solar Bio Fuels (started)
  Hydroelectric
• Hydrogen Nuclear Conservation
• Electricity and Magnetism
• GPS/GIS
• Weather
• Space
• Archaeology/Paleontology
• Environmental Topics