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The first organized unit of government within Idaho boundaries, created and named for the Shoshone Indians in 1858 by the Washington Territorial Legislature. Established 4 Feb 1864 with its county seat at Pierce. In 1885 the county seat was moved to Murray, in 1890 to Osborn, and finally to Wallace in 1893. - Robert Stach, former Shoshone County Coordinator.
Mountain men traveled through the county in the early 1800's, and Catholic missionaries were here in the 1840's and 1850's. Captain John Mullen constructed a road of sorts through the county in 1860-61. The discovery of lead, zince and silver in 1884 near present-day Kellogg drew a heavy population to the area.- Idaho Almanac, State of Idaho, 1977
The county seat of Shoshone County is Wallace.
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