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Numbers Hill at Arco City IMG_8765

Numbers Hill at Arco City in the County of Butte, Idaho. The numbers are a tradition of graduating classes painting their graduation year on the cliffs. The tradition started in 1920. Arco City was originally named Root Hog, but changed name to Arco in early 20th Century. The city was the first city in the world to be lit by Nuclear Power Powered from the nearby National Reactor Testing Station. The Testing station had the worlds first fatal reactor accident when the Reactor melted Down in 1961.

July 2013

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Uploaded on September 14, 2013
Taken on July 18, 2013