Mountain Home Historical Museum

The elegant building next door to Mountain Home’s City Hall is a former Carnegie Library, constructed in 1908 after a grant from the famous philanthropist.nnWith its overhanging eaves and imposing porch the Mountain Home Museum building is a fine example of the Western Colonial Revival style and is on the National Register of Historic Places.nnThe museum is a mine of information about the city’s ties to the Oregon Trail, telling the story of Rattlesnake Station, a vital post in the foothills for emigrants, but also a stage stop for the Atlanta and Rocky Bar goldmines, high in the Sawtooth Range.nnThere are also compelling exhibits celebrating Mountain Home’s historical diversity, from long-term Native American inhabitants to Chinese miners and 19th-century Basque immigrants.nnFinally, military collections document Mountain Home’s 80-year relationship with the United States Air Force.

What an amazing little place! So much history and momentos packed into this museum, from native American, to Chinese miners, settlers and military! If you haven't seen it, set aside some time to go...it's worth it!

Love how this little place is packed with so much history!

Small but lots of little displays. Actually in a old house with lots of steep stairs so not wheelchair friendly at all. They run on donations.

There's so much to see that embodies Idaho history. Take the family!