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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CW9_woodys-cove-the-hagerman-valley_Hagerman-ID.html
Woody's CoveThis deep, basalt canyon was formed similar to Malad Gorge - by a retreating cataract, a huge waterfall. About four million years ago, local volcanoes spewed enormous amounts of lava over the area. Then, about one million years ago, ru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML5V_paynes-ferry_Hagerman-ID.html
A scow powered by oarsmen let Oregon Trail wagons cross Snake River here from 1852 to 1870.
Then Overland Stage service from Boise to a rail terminal in Kelton, Utah was moved to this crossing, and M.E. Payne installed a large (14 by 60 foot) n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML5U_fishing-falls_Hagerman-ID.html
When John C. Fremont came this way mapping emigrant roads in 1843, he found an important Indian village at Fishing Falls (Kanaka rapids) about 4 miles above here.
He reported that native salmon spearers there were "unusually gay...fond of laugh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4C_salmon-falls_Hagerman-ID.html
In 1812, Joseph Miller found 100 lodges of Indians spearing thousands of salmon each afternoon at a cascade below here. Each summer they dried a year's supply.
After 1842, they also traded salmon to Oregon Trail emigrants. John C. Fremont marve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4B_thousand-springs_Hagerman-ID.html
Old lava flow changed the geologic structure of this area and thus created a multitude of famous springs here.
Over thousands of years, volcanic activity repeatedly spread lava over the Snake River plain, slowly forcing the river southward in a…