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unusual facts about Pocatello/Chubbuck School District


Pocatello/Chubbuck School District

The school mascot is the Diamondback and the school colors are purple, teal, black, and white.


Chief Pocatello

In the late 1870s Pocatello granted a right-of-way to Jay Gould to extend the Utah and Northern Railway across the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.

Diane Middlebrook

Born Helen Diane Wood, in Pocatello, Idaho, Middlebrook spent the last 28 years of her life with her third husband, Carl Djerassi, a Viennese-born American scientist who helped invent the first contraceptive pill.

Dwaine Wilson

A graduate of Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, he played 2 seasons for the Montreal Concordes (part of the Montreal Alouettes franchise history.) In 1984 he played 16 games and in 1985 he played 13 games.

Idaho State Bengals football

ISU also produced several players who went on to be very successful high school football coaches, including Jim and Brent Koetter (both of whom won Idaho state championships at both Pocatello and Highland high schools), and former Bengal quarterback Paul Peterson who led Eagle to the Idaho 5A state championship game three times in four seasons.

Idaho State Police

The Region 2 district offices (4-6) are located in Jerome, Pocatello, and Idaho Falls.

James P. Pope

In 1938, he was defeated for renomination in the Democratic primary by Congressman D. Worth Clark of Pocatello, who went on to win the general election.

Key Airlines

Idaho State University chartered two Convair 440 aircraft from Key to carry its football team from Pocatello to its night game with the University of Idaho in Moscow.

KISU

KISU-FM, a radio station (91.1 FM) licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States

KMVT

Previous Fox affiliate KXTF simulcasted a weeknight prime time newscast at 9 but that show was technically produced by KPVI for its co-owned station KFXP in the Pocatello/Idaho Falls market.

KPIF

KPIF was a full-power television station serving Pocatello and Idaho Falls, Idaho, as an affiliate of the Retro Television Network.

National Circuit Finals Rodeo

The National Circuit Finals were previously held every March in Pocatello, Idaho; however, for 2011 and beyond the event has been moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

PCCS

Pocatello Community Charter School, a public K-8 charter school in Pocatello, Idaho, USA


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