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To: Dealer who wrote (62928)	11/16/2005 1:38:44 AM
From: Clappy	Respond to of 65232

Surely you were not at the Colorado/Idaho game...... Nah I hear RR and Murrey are painting the town red and hitting the jackpots in the casinos in the swinging town of Crouch, Idaho. ...are there any towns there with an appealing name? -ClappyTheNewDirectorOfIdahoanTouristRelationsAndNewOfficialTownNamer Clappy FACTOID: Statistics & Facts The population of Crouch is approximately 275 (2000). The approximate number of families is 41 (1990). The amount of land area in Crouch is 0.845 sq. kilometers. The amount of surface water is 0 sq kilometers. The distance from Crouch to Washington DC is 2168 miles. The distance to the Idaho state capital is 37 miles. (as the crow flies) Crouch is positioned 44.11 degrees north of the equator and 115.97 degrees west of the prime meridian. Crouch elevation is 3,450 feet above sea level. Crouch miscellany. Return to Index Location Crouch location: in western Idaho, about 50 miles north of Boise. Garden Valley is a nearby community Return to Index History & History Related Items Crouch history: Crouch was named for Billy Crouch who was a homesteading miner near the Payette Rivers. He donated property during the 1920’s for a hall in Garden Valley. Crouch received its own post office in 1934. In 1933, an army came to town, Roosevelt’s Tree Army. Thousands participated in the Civilian Conservation Corps from all over the country swamping the local Garden Valley post office with letters for the boys. In 1934, a new post office opened for Crouch to help the mail come closer to the CCC troops. The area’s economy was helped by the workers during this depression era.