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One mile south and directly west of this highway, an old 1878 railway grade is still visible, although trains have not used it since 1890.
Jay Gould — a nationally prominent financier and Union Pacific owner — extended Utah and Nort…
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Newe, The People
The Shoshone refer to themselves as Newe, the People. Their ancestral territory reached from the Wind River Range in western Wyoming to the middle of Nevada, and from the Salmon River in northeastern Idaho to central Utah…
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We cry for the loss and sacrifice of those who did not survive and we honor the strength of those who lived.
After the massacre, the survivors, now under Chief Sagwitch, were aided by other bands as they escaped southward. Most of the bands…
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The Battle of Bear River was fought in this vicinity January 29, 1863 Col. P.E. Connor, leading 300 California volunteers from Camp Douglas, Utah against Bannock and Shoshoni Indian guilty of hostile attacks on emigrants and settlers engaged about…
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Bia Ogoi - Big River
The Bear River — called Bia Ogoi or Big River by the Shoshone people — runs west and south through this semiarid valley, eventually emptying into the Great Salt Lake. The river and its many tributaries crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-f7ee4_prestons-first-schoolhouse_Preston-ID.html
This marks
the site of
Preston's
first schoolhouse
built in 1879
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-436aa_oneida-stake-academy_Preston-ID.html
The Oneida Stake Academy was constructed with hand-hewn rock by Mormon pioneers between 1890 and 1895. Its purpose was to provide an inspirational setting for their youth to obtain a first-class education, despite frontier challenges. Of 35 academ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-e5444_change-and-conflict_Preston-ID.html
End of a Way of Life
The delicate balance in which the Shoshone managed food resources for thousands of years was drastically altered by colonization. By the mid-1800s, the Oregon and California Trails brought thousands of pioneers and gol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-62614_california-volunteers-march-to-the-bear-river_Preston-ID.html
The tensions between the Shoshone and the settlers eventually led to a call from Utah territorial leaders of help from the Army, but the Civil War was on and military resources were stretched thin. In 1861 the third California Volunteer Infantry h…
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Attacks by the Indians on the peaceful inhabitants in this vicinity led to the final battle here January 29, 1863. The conflict occurred in deep snow and bitter cold. Scores of wounded and frozen soldiers were taken from the battlefield to the Lat…