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 Oregon Trail Marker - Soda Springs, ID
N 42° 39.294 W 111° 36.210
12T E 450535 N 4722669
This Oregon Trail Marker, located in downtown Soda Springs, commemorates General Patrick Edward Connor.
Waymark Code: WMC4VV
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2011
Views: 4
This uniquely shaped marker, made in the shape of the State of Idaho. It is located at the northeast corner of Main Street and Center Street in downtown Soda Springs, Idaho. The marker has a depiction of a wagon team superimposed over the suns rays. The text of the marker reads:
OREGON TRAIL MEMORIAL
1863
GENERAL PATRICK EDWARD CONNOR
U.S.A. CAVALRY INFANTRY
53 FAMILIES AND OTHERS
FOUNDED SODA SPRINGS
BUILT FORT TO PROTECT EMIGRANTS
COUNTY SEAT OF ONEIDA COUTNY
1864-1867
Road of Trail Name: Oregon Trail
State: Idaho
County: Caribou
Historical Significance:
The Oregon Trail proceeded over 2,170 miles from Missouri to Oregon. The trail was still in use during the Civil War, but traffic declined after 1869 when the transcontinental railroad was completed. However, in its more than 25 years of regular use, the trail caried an estimated 300,000 emigrants to the vast west, a trip that took about five months to complete.
Years in use: 1842 - 1890's
How you discovered it:
Visting some local waymarks in the downtown area and spotted it.
Website Explination:
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-oregontrail.html
Why?:
The Oregon Trail became one of the key migration routes that pioneers crossed on their way to the vast west.
On May 16, 1842 the first organized wagon train on the Oregon Trail set out from Elm Grove, Missouri, with more than 100 pioneers. The following year, an estimated 800 immigrants arrived in the Willamette Valley. Hundreds of thousands more would follow, especially after gold was discovered in California in 1849.
Directions:
This marker is located at the northeast corner of Main Street and Center Street in downtown Soda Springs, Idaho. Center Street is also Highway 30, which runs east and west through town.
Book on Wagon Road or Trial: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
To post a log for this Waymark the poster must have a picture of either themselves, GPSr, or mascot. People in the picture with information about the waymark are preferred. If the waymarker can not be in the picture a picture of their GPSr or mascot will qualify. There are no exceptions to this rule.
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