Smiths Ferry is a census-designated place in Valley County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2020 census, Smiths Ferry had a population of 63. It is situated where the North Fork of the Payette River briefly calms and widens. History A ferry at the river was established by Clinton Meyers in 1887 to transport livestock to summer pasture in the Round and Long Valleys across the river. Also popular with freighters, the ferry was sold by Meyers to Jim Smith in 1891, hence the name Smith's Ferry.
Demographics
Transportation - SH-55 to Boise (south) and McCall (north)Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '09. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2009, p. 31.
Smiths Ferry sits along State Highway 55, the primary north–south route out of Boise, It was designated the "Payette River Scenic Byway" in 1977.payetteriverscenicbyway.com - about - accessed 2011-12-10
1962 B-47 crash In 1962, a U.S. Air Force B-47E bomber crashed on a training mission shortly before midnight on August 22 in the mountains several miles south of Smiths Ferry (). Controlled flight into terrain started a forest fire near the summit of Packer John Mountain, and all three crew were killed. The B-47 was based in Arizona at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, where it had departed from earlier that Wednesday evening.
See also
List of census-designated places in Idaho
References
External links
Idaho Transportation Department webcam of Highway 55 at Smiths Ferry Visit Idaho.org Payette River Scenic Byway You Tube - video - Hwy 55, Smiths Ferry Dr to Rainbow Bridge, Idaho