BACKGROUND:

Established January 22, 1864 with its county seat at Soda Springs. In 1866 it was moved to Malad City, because of its growth and its location on the stagecoach line and freight road between Corinne, Utah, and the mines in Butte, Montana. Named for Lake Oneida, New York, the area from which most of the early settlers had emigrated.

Background & Photos provided by Digital Atlas of Idaho, Idaho's Natural History Online, Idaho State University at http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/ (accessed: October 8, 2017).