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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C6V_niels-anderson-mary-christoffersen-anderson_Soda-Springs-ID.html
They were born in Denmark; joined the Mormons there. In 1857 Mrs. Anderson arrived at Burlington, Iowa; delayed there until 1859 on account of Johnston's Army, having to be sent to Utah. That year she walked nearly all the way to Salt Lake City. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C68_ruts-swales-and-traces_Soda-Springs-ID.html
As many as 350,000 people and tens of thousands of covered wagons traveled the Oregon Trail between 1840 and 1870. Countless feet, hooves, and iron-rimmed wheels cut and compacted the ground, leaving long-lasting traces still visible on many weste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22VQ_henry-chester-country-store_Soda-Springs-ID.html
Founded by a Dutch pioneer about 1884, Henry thrived as a center for cattle ranchers of the area and the transient sheep operators.
A large sheep-shearing corral was built one mile south of Henry.
It operated about 60 days each year as large ran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22VP_travertine-terraces-world-famous-water_Soda-Springs-ID.html
The gently sloping mound around the geyser is travertine. The stone often develops into flights of pools enclosed within little dams.
These dams form through a mix of water and carbon dioxide which makes carbonic acid, and dissolved calcium carbo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20N2_fort-hall_Soda-Springs-ID.html
For over two decades (1834-1856), fur trappers and Oregon Trail wagon trains passed by the doors of this adobe fort. Nathaniel Wyeth, an ambitious Bostonian, built the post in 1834 but soon sold his holdings to the Hudson's Bay Company, whose staf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20N1_sheep-rock-geology_Soda-Springs-ID.html
Lava eruptions west of Sheep Rock at least 140,000 years ago blocked the Bear River from draining into the Snake River system. Instead, the Bear was forced to drain into what was then Lakes Thatcher and Bonneville to the south. The Bear River's co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20N0_trails-rails-and-highways_Soda-Springs-ID.html
This is an east-west travel corridor of the earliest emigrant trails that continued even after the arrival of railroads and highways. Early explorers, such as John Fremont, Jedediah Smith, Osborne Russell, and missionary Narcissi Whitman were amon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20MZ_idahos-emigrant-trails_Soda-Springs-ID.html
Westward-bound emigrants entered Idaho after crossing Thomas Fork Valley. They soon encountered the climb and decent of Big Hill, witnessed nature's curiosities at Soda Springs, and discovered willing traders at Fort Hall.
In 1843 wagons first r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20MI_hudspeth-cutoff_Soda-Springs-ID.html
Native Americans traveled and camped in the Soda Springs area for centuries before emigrants traveled the Oregon Trail.
Sheep Rock (Soda Point) marked the junction of the main route of the Oregon-California Trail and the Hudspeth Cutoff and was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20LB_the-value-of-a-shortcut_Soda-Springs-ID.html
When they left the main trail leading to Fort Hall, emigrants heading to California thought that Hudspeth's Cutoff would save them considerable time and miles in the race to the gold fields. To their surprise, they were still in Idaho's Raft River…