Fort Hall
| Fort Hall | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| National Historic Landmark | |||
 Replica Fort Hall in Pocatello |
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| location | north of Fort Hall , Bingham County , Idaho | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 1 '11.3 " N , 112 ° 38' 4.9" W | ||
| NRHP number | 74000732 | ||
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| The NRHP added | November 21, 1974 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | January 20, 1961 | ||
Fort Hall was one of the most important trading posts along the Oregon Trail and is located on the Snake River in what is now Bannock County in the US state of Idaho . It was built by Nathaniel Wyeth in 1834 .
history
In 1834 the businessman Nathaniel Wyeth traveled to the rendezvous at what is now Granger , Wyoming , in order to supply the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company who had gathered there with supplies. With the expected profit he wanted to fish salmon further west on the Columbia River and export it to Hawaii and New England . But the Rocky Mountain Fur Company was insolvent and broke up at the meeting without being able to fulfill the contract with Wyeth. Wyeth had to change his plans and opened a fort nearby to sell the goods to trappers and Indians . In 1834 the construction of the fort was finished. This made the fort the first outpost in what was then the Oregon Country . Fort Hall was at the end of the shared stretch of the Oregon Trail, the California Trail, and the Mormon Trail .
The Hudson's Bay Company tried to force Wyeth out of trading by building its own fort - Fort Boise - at the junction of the Boise River and the Snake River. Because of their financial strength, they were able to offer the trappers higher prices for fur and sell supplies at lower prices. In 1837 Wyeth had to sell Fort Hall to the Hudson's Bay Company. With the increasing migration of settlers on the three emigration paths to the west, Fort Hall developed into a central trading post in the 1840s. With the Oregon Compromise in 1846, the entire area of the Oregon Country was transferred to the USA, which made the British Hudson's Bay Company increasingly difficult. With the decreasing migration flow, the fort was abandoned in 1856 and subsequently disintegrated.
In 1864 Holladay Stage Lines built a wagon station a little further south-east, which in turn was called Fort Hall. Construction materials from the old fort were mainly used to build it. The wagon station was given up a year later.
On January 20, 1961, the site was declared a National Historic Landmark . In 1962, as part of the preparations for the 100th anniversary of the Idaho Territory , it was decided to rebuild the old fort in Pocatello . It is now operated as a public museum under the name Fort Hall Replica . Fort Hall has been on the National Register of Historic Places since November 21, 1974 .
Web links
- National Park Service: Entry in the National Historic Landmarks Program (English)
- Site of Fort Hall Replica (english)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Trinklein and Steve Boettcher: Ft. Hall. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 30, 2013 ; Retrieved July 25, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d Fort Hall Replica. Retrieved July 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Idaho. National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2019.
- ^ Fort Hall Site on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 9, 2017.
