[2] The Almota area had been historically occupied by the Almotipu band of the Nez Perce peoples who lived in several villages on the south shore of the Snake River, one of which was known as Alamotin (Nez Perce for "The Soaring Flame").

[3] Almota was first surveyed for a townsite in the late 1870s following the removal of rapids from the Snake River that would finally allow uninterrupted boat traffic to directly reach the wheat growers of the Palouse.

[4] Almota became an important wheat shipping port for the region as well as a ferry crossing.

[7] The construction of the Little Goose Dam from 1963 to 1970 subsequently flooded what was left of the original village.

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