Emigrant Road
N 42° 37.218 W 114° 26.957
11T E 709186 N 4721805
Hudson's Bay Company traders preferred this route between Fort Hall and Fort Boise.
Waymark Code: WM1CBD
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2007
Views: 60
Early emigrant wagons had to travel a road south of the Snake River until ferries and road improvements let wagons come this way.
Marker Name: Emigrant Road
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker Text:
More than a century agon, fur trappers and emigrants followed an old indian trail that crossed here on its way to Oregon.
Hudson's Bay Company traders preferred this route between Ft Hall and Ft Boise, but early emigrant wagons had to travel a road south of the Snake River until ferries and road improvements let wagons come this way.
Shoshone Falls -- known until 1849 as Canidian Falls to British and French trappers -- was a spectacular attraction along this road.
County: Jerome
City: Twinn Falls Idaho
Group Responsible for Placement: Idaho Historical Society
Marker Number: 326
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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