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2 unusual facts about Owyhee County


Idaho Candy Company

Products from the company are labeled as "Owyhee" after the Owyhee River and Owyhee County, Idaho, that are located near the production plant.

Owyhee County, Idaho

The Owyhee River starts in the southwestern part of the county and flows westward into Oregon; it eventually enters the Snake at the state border south of Nyssa.


Canyon County, Idaho

Some sources attribute the name to the canyon of the Boise River near Caldwell, while western writers John Rees and Vardis Fisher believed it was named for the Snake River canyon, which forms a natural boundary with Owyhee County to the south and west.

Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

In descending order of land area it is located in Ada, Elmore, Owyhee, and Canyon counties.


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