The Simon Site was initially unearthed by roadway scraping in 1961, uncovering a collection of stone artifacts. It was thought necessary to further excavate the area in 1967 and 1968 to answer questions regarding the association of the artifacts with a geologic context in order to determine the age of occupation. The Simon Site is located in the Big Camas Prairie east of Fairfield, Idaho. Big Camas Prairie lies within the Camas Creek Basin which sits at the foot of the Sawtooth mountains in south-central Idaho. The overall area contains many marshes fed by the tributary streams of Camas Creek.
Primary vegetation includes camas and yampa, both important plants aboriginally.
The artifact assemblage at the Simon Site consists of 33 stone implements, including large lanceolates and bifaces. Some of the lanceolates are Clovis points. All Clovis points have a flute or shallow channel extending about halfway up the center of the point from the base and are indicative of the Early Paleoindian Period. The significance of the Simon Site lies in the presence of Clovis points. An Early Man Site at Big Camas Prairie, South-Central Idaho.