German Names for Idaho's Municipalities

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It has been about a year since I made a German-language map of Michigan. Now I would like the help of people like :iconarminius1871: in compiling literal German translations and adaptations for the following of Idaho's municipalities:

  • Boise [Bonn - Arminius1871] (I feel, that Armin should have used some word to do with trees, since the place name is derived from French.)
  • Twin Falls [ - ] ("The city is named for a nearby waterfall on the Snake River of the same name.")
  • Kellogg [Eseldorf - PureTassel] (Since local legend has it, that a donkey helped discover a couple of mines there, I figured that the Ortsname could have Esel in it. Interestingly enough, the place name "Eseldorf" could be seen in one of Mark Twain's literary works.)
  • Coeur d'Alene [Ahlenherz - PureTassel]
  • Sandpoint [ - ] (Theodore Roosevelt described the area as a rough-and-tumble environment.)
  • Lewiston [ - ]
  • Saint Anthony [Sankt Anton - PureTassel]
  • Idaho Falls [Adlerfels - PureTassel] (Initially "Taylor’s Crossing", then "Eagle Rock" after an isolated basalt island in the Snake River, then "Idaho Falls" after the rapids that existed below a bridge)
  • Pocatello [ - ] (From an Indian chief of the Shoshone tribe)
  • Soda Springs [ - ] (Named for the hundreds of natural springs of carbonated water that are located in and around the city)
  • Caldwell [ - ]
  • Moscow [ - ] (The Moscow area was named "Hog Heaven" at first, then to "Paradise Valley" and finally to the present name.)
  • Salmon [Lachs(dorf?) or Salmen - PureTassel]
  • Stanley [ - ] (Could have Stein in it, since Stanley is "stone meadow".)
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Arminius1871's avatar
Oh yes I made it more like germanizing the sound not the meaning^^
The other cities r interesting too!