Twin Falls came into existence in 1904 largely as the result of the long-term dream of Ira Burton Perrine. He undauntedly pursued the investment capital to make his dream - the provision of water to a vast stretch of Idaho desert - a commercial success.

In a few years all 220,000 acres of the Twin Falls tract developed by the Twin Falls Land and Water Co were capable of being watered by canal. Abundant crops were grown on land grubbed free of sagebrush. Twin Falls and what was later known as the Magic Valley grew rapidly. The village of Twin Falls soon had a population of over 3,000. Town sites of Kimberly, Filer, Hansen and Buhl were all opened in 1906. Work was soon to begin on building a canal system to irrigate a North Side tract.

In 1907, Twin Falls officially became a city and the county seat of the new Twin Falls County.

As a community grows and matures from the dreams, the specific beginnings are rapidly lost. Oral tradition often becomes the authority for details of early days. Oral tradition also changes with the passage of time and personal viewpoint and is continuously diluted by the deaths of original observers.

Fortunately there is fairly continuous newspaper coverage from the earliest days of Twin Falls City. When such a rich record as a local newspaper exists as evidence of the interactions of a community's participants, it is unfortunate for that resource to be inaccessible for lack of indexing.

This access Index to Twin Falls newspaper history includes annotated references to local people, to local business, to local news items, to water history coverage, and to all local births and deaths. Idaho news events are briefly noted, but national news and advertisements are arbitrarily excluded.

Citations indicate month, day, year, and page number.