Elusive Witch’s Brew

You’d think it would be easy to find the southernmost point on the Snake River. Just look at a map and ... presto! You can put your finger on it. But try actually driving to it when your map doesn’t show the labyrinth of back roads that crisscross Southern Idaho’s Snake River Plain. What’s so special about this point on the Snake River, you ask? Well, not only is it the Snake’s narrowest point—40 feet wide—but it’s also the place where in late 1811, Wilson Price Hunt and his