by JRobins | Sep 28, 2024 | Historic Marker
Bunting Family Cabin HISTORIC MARKER 41°02’31.8″N • 111°54’33.5″W Ann Slater Bunting’s family is shown gathered in front of a cabin near the mountain at the north end of the current Mountain Road in Fruit Heights. In 1855, Ann emigrated to...
by JRobins | Sep 28, 2024 | Historic Marker
Miles Goodyear Horse Drive HISTORIC MARKER 41°00’50.7″N • 111°57’29.6″W Miles Goodyear obtained a herd of horses with the intent to trade with emigrants along the Overland Trail. Goodyear was a mountain man who gave up fur trapping to trade...
by Administrator | Jun 22, 2025 | Historic Marker
Massacre At Boa Ogo (Bear River) HISTORIC MARKER 41° 12′ 53.3″ N • 111° 59′ 23.8″ W The Bear River Massacre, also known as the Massacre at Boa Ogoi, occurred on January 29, 1863, near present-day Preston, Idaho, marking one of the deadliest...
by Administrator | Jun 22, 2025 | Historic Marker
First Four Rendezvous in Rocky Mountains HISTORIC MARKER 41° 12′ 53.3″ N • 111° 59′ 23.8″ W The first four Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, held annually from 1825 to 1828, were pivotal events in the early American fur trade, occurring primarily in...
by Administrator | Jun 22, 2025 | Historic Marker
Peter Skene Ogden HISTORIC MARKER 41° 12′ 53.3″ N • 111° 59′ 23.8″ W In the spring of 1825, Peter Skene Ogden led a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) expedition into what became known as Ogden Hole, now Ogden Valley in northern Utah, as part...
by Administrator | Jun 22, 2025 | Historic Marker
Shoshoni Stalking Elk HISTORIC MARKER 41° 12′ 53.3″ N • 111° 59′ 23.8″ W Before the fur trade era, which began significantly impacting the Intermountain West around the early 19th century, the Shoshone people thrived across a vast region...
