Simplot

The Simplot name had been important to southeastern Idaho since the 1940’s, when J.R. “Jack” Simplot established a small phosphate mining and fertilizer manufacturing operation near Pocatello. From this beginning grew the large Simplot plant west of the city and several phosphate mines: Gay Mine on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Conda near Soda Springs, and Smoky Canyon near the Wyoming border. The J.R. Simplot Company became a major component of Idaho’s agricultural economy. Other company divisions provide farm services, feed cattle, produce fuel alcohol and starch, and process potatoes. Operations extended nationwide and overseas, but the company maintained its headquarters and the heart of its business in Idaho. Over the years, many people associated with Simplot operations added to the area’s commercial success and quality of life, and the Simplot family also gave the land for Simplot Square.

Pocatello, Idaho · United States