Snake River was named for the people who once lived in the high desert surrounding it. The story is that they marked sticks with the image of a snake and posted them to mark their territory. When they greeted people, they made a motion with their hand imitating the gliding motion of a snake. Today, an affectionate name for the Snake River, the longest river in Idaho at 1,056 miles, is the "mighty Snake."
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