(Crow Creek Road)
Within five years after Apostle Charles C Rich was called to establish a settlement in Bear Lake Valley, 1868, he looked at western Wyoming as a possible expansion of the Mormon community. By 1879 the Bear Lake Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints extended 90-miles to encompass the Salt River Valley, as named Star Valley by visiting Apostle Moses Thatcher in 1878. The closest freight route to the railroad at Montpelier, ID was 50-miles over Beaver Divide. Star Valley, a vast beautiful wilderness, clung to its existence by virtue of the supplies hauled by freighters over the Crow Creek Road. By 1889 the population grew to more than 200 families who experienced the first severe winter since 1879. Starving animals were suffering the most, but many families were in short supply of food. Men on snowshoes, hauling flour one sack at a time on their back, were not meeting the needs of the people. By March of 1890 the unprepared snowbound Saints sought help from their Stake President, William Budge in Paris, ID. Two experienced snowshoers who had left to seek help from family and friends in the Bear Lake region, had not been heard from in more than two weeks. A road must be opened through deep and drifted snow in order that provisions and grain might be secured. On 17 March 1890 a company of 29 men with 11 teams of horsesHM Number | HM1ZZW |
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Year Placed | 2010 |
Placed By | Star Valley Historical Society |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Friday, July 21st, 2017 at 10:02am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 12T E 486972 N 4695722 |
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Decimal Degrees | 42.41370000, -111.15833333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 24.822', W 111° 9.5' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 24' 49.32" N, 111° 9' 30" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 208 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
Closest Postal Address | At or near Forest Rd 111, Montpelier ID 83254, US |
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