Shoshone Falls is affectionately called the Niagara of the West because of it's size and volume of water that comes through it. It boasts of a 212 foot drop and has a width of 900 feet. The Snake River feeds Shoshone Falls and continues as the largest tributary to the Columbia River. The falls is at its peak from April through July. The winter of 2016/2017 had record breaking snow in Idaho so the falls were overflowing in capacity when we went. It was just beautiful.
Shoshone Falls was an important fishing and trading place for Native Americans and started to become a tourist attraction in as early as 1860.