Blackfoot, Idaho, to Be Nation's First City to Distribute Sacajawea Coins.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: January 31, 2000 | Copyright information

Jan. 27--BLACKFOOT, Idaho-- People are putting their name on a waiting list to be among the first in the nation to get the new Sacajawea coin.

The Federal Reserve Bank has declared Blackfoot the official Sacajawea Dollar Coin City, meaning the city will be the first nationwide to distribute the coins. "Blackfoot seemed natural since Sacajawea was from near here and the coin's model (Randy'L Teton) was from Fort Hall," said Blackfoot Mayor R. Scott Reese. Reese said Pats...

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