In 1877, railroad magnate Jay Gould of the Union Pacific Railroad acquired and extended the Utah and Northern Railway, which had previously stopped at the Utah border, into Idaho through the Portneuf Canyon.
В 1877 году крупный финансист и владелец компании Union Pacific Railroad Джей Гулд проложил из Юты в Айдахо через каньон реки Портнёф железнодорожную ветку.