They named the new community Logan after Ephraim Logan, one of the early trappers who had lived in the area.

It was also used by early French trappers.

The first centers around an early trapper and distiller in the area named Jonathan Cosby (sometimes spelled "Cozby").

Crimson Lake received its name from the striking colours of the setting sun reflecting on the surface of its waters seen by an earlier trapper.

The Shoshone were sometimes called the Snake Indians by early ethnic European trappers, travelers, and settlers.

It was named by early trappers because the steam makes it appear as if it is on fire.

By March 1860 there were 100 houses in the settlement, which was named Logan after an early trapper, Ephraim Logan.

The river was named by early trappers for the steam that makes it appear to be smoking as if on fire.

Upon first hearing a chugging sound, early trappers believed that a steamboat was coming down the river.