Idaho City High School is located in the rural mountain community of Idaho City, Idaho. The high school is built on top of one of the richest gold deposits in the U.S. and was the center of the largest town in the Northwest in 1864 with a population of 7,000. In 1863 the town, formerly known as Bannock, had a printing office, eight bakeries, forty to fifty variety stores, fifteen to twenty doctors, twenty five to thirty five attorneys, seven blacksmith shops, four sawmills, two dentists, three express offices, five auctioneers, three drugstores, four butcher shops, three billiard tables, two bowling alleys, three stables, four breweries, one harness shop, one mattress factory, two jewelers, and a dozen other assorted businesses according to The Sacramento Daily Union. Today the town is muc