Here’s a destination for your bucket list: The “Niagara of the West,” aka Idaho’s Shoshone Falls. With a 212-foot drop, the natural wonder is higher than Niagarabut far lesser known, and it has a great story behind it. As legend goes within the Shoshone-Bannock tribes, a coyote named Ejuba went fishing one day and spilled the big basket of water he was bringing his spoils home in. He scrambled to make dams but couldn’t stop the flow — and thus Shoshone was formed. Check out footage of the falls below.
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Have You Heard of the “Niagara of the West”? Why Idaho’s Shoshone Falls Deserves a Spot on Your Bucket List
If you’ve made the trek to western New York, donned your obligatory yellow or blue poncho, and witnessed the sheer enormity of Niagara Falls, you may think you’ve seen it all when it comes to impressive waterfalls in the U.S. But allow us to introduce you to another, equally majestic yet lesser-known natural phenomenon.
