Stanley, ID

Stanley is a town in the Sawtooth Valley in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The 2020 census counted 116 residents. Fur trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company discovered the Stanley Basin in the 1820s, but it was mostly avoided due to scarcity of beaver. Captain John Stanley, a Confederate Civil War veteran, led a party of twenty-three prospectors through the area in 1863, but they found little gold and moved on and discovered the Atlanta lode on the south end of the Sawtooths. During the summers, the Sawtooth Mountain Mamas Craft Fair is held in the field next to the grocery store, usually for about 2–3 days in July.

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Stanley's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Idaho setting. The local scoop is how Stanley's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Stanley is surrounded by the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Stanley is home to Sawtooth Valley describes life in Stanley.