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15 Best Things to Do in Preston (Idaho)

In Southeastern Idaho’s Cache Valley, Preston is a rural town with astounding mountain scenery on its doorstep. On the eastern flank are the Bear River Mountains, and in a few minutes flat you can be fishing at a crystal clear lake or hiking in an alpine meadow. Franklin, Idaho’s oldest European settlement is on Preston’s …

On the River Ribble, ten miles before it reaches the Irish Sea, Preston is a former market town granted city status in 2002. In the 14th century Flemish weavers settled in Preston, establishing a textile industry that would power the economy until the mid-20th century. Sir Richard Arkwright, the man who invented the revolutionary spinning …