The First Well

This well was here, by hand it was tapped
in this part of our vale.
We pray it will never be capped
for it helps keep Rupert Hale.
We followers of the pioneers
whose foresight ne'er grew stale
Herewith commemorate those seer's vision,
Far past the pail.

Elizabeth Werner
June 13, 1990

Sponsored by
The Minidoka County Centennial Committee 1990

The Rupert City Square

has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

The City was platted by the
U.S. Reclamation Service in 1905.
The city square is the central highlight
of Rupert's National Historic District.