Conant, ID

    Conant, ID

    • Settled: The Conant brothers opened a store there in 1880
    • Origin of Name: Named after the Conant family, who were buried in an Albion Cemetery.
    • Notable Features: In the early days, after a bridge was built over the Raft River in the Bridge area, the stage ran from Bridge to Conant; Conant once had a good-sized population; located on private property, a ditch that was dug to bring water to the grain mill is still visible, and a tall rock wall still stands where the grist mill once stood; the Chatburn family first owned the mill.
    • Known for:  An important early stagecoach stop on the Hudspeth Cutoff, Conant also had a mill, a hotel and a post office 1890-1917
    • Location:  Between Connor Creek and Malta, 4.5 miles (5 minutes) west of Malta on Hwy 77
    • No population figures are available for this rural Cassia County area

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