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Moscow, Idaho — Hog Heaven Became a University Town

Moscow worked through several names before settling on one dignified enough for a college town.

An early option was Hog Heaven.

By 1877, Moscow had won.

Railroads arrived, the town incorporated and Idaho Territory selected Moscow for its new university in 1889.

The University of Idaho became almost exactly as old as the state itself.

That institution permanently changed a small agricultural center.

Professors, laboratories, museums and students from around the world accumulated amid Palouse wheat country.

The university also gave Moscow a cultural reach wildly disproportionate to its population.

Its jazz festival grew from a modest student event into a nationally recognized gathering that brought performers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton to northern Idaho.

Moscow still behaves like a farm town in some directions and a university town in others.

The students leave every summer.

The wheat does not.

Local Resources

Latah County legal resources

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Courts
2
County Offices
4
Law Enforcement
1
Attorney & Legal Office References
22

Courts

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County-associated references

  • District Court of the Second Judicial District - Latah County

    District Court

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    5th & VanBuren, Room 119, PO Box 8068, Moscow ID 83843-0568
    Court website (208) 883-2255

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  • Magistrate Division of the Second Judicial District - Latah County

    Magistrate Court

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    5th & VanBuren, Room 119, PO Box 8068, Moscow ID 83843-0568
    Court website (208) 883-2255

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County Offices

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  • Latah County Assessor

    Assessor

    Latah County reference

    Address not published

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  • Latah County Auditor / Recorder

    Auditor / Recorder

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    Address not published

    County office website

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  • Latah County Court Clerk

    Court Clerk

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    Address not published

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  • Latah County Treasurer

    Treasurer

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    Address not published

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Law Enforcement

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  • Latah County Sheriff's Office

    county sheriff

    Latah County reference

    Address not published

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Attorney & Legal Office References

22 listed

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