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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KH_weatherby-oregon-trail-kiosk_Huntington-OR.html
(Six panels dealing with the Burnt River portion of the Oregon Trail are found beneath this kiosk)
Dear Little Willie
Emigration on the Oregon Trail peaked in 1852 with 10,000 would-be Oregonians. Poor sanitation and contaminated wat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZH_van-ornum-wagon-train-massacre_Huntington-OR.html
By October 1860 the Van Ornum party reached Farewell Bend. They were survivors of the Elijah P. Utter wagon train that was attacked by Indians on September 9 and 10, just west of Castle Butte in Owyhee County, Idaho. The survivors had escaped the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZG_the-last-spike_Huntington-OR.html
To reach Oregon, Union Pacific Railroad organize the Oregon Short Line Railway Co. in 1881 and built from Wyoming westward across Idaho in the same year. Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. was building eastward from Portland. Tracks of the two railro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20XT_farewell-bend-oregon-trail-kiosk_Huntington-OR.html
(The Farewell Bend Oregon Trail kiosk houses seven panels which deal with the trials and tribulations on this arid portion of the Oregon Trail.)
"Pathway to the "Garden of the World"
Excitement filled the air May 22, 1843 as nearly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20WX_farewell-bend_Huntington-OR.html
The last camp on the weary journey across the Snake River plains. Here the Oregon Trail left the Snake River and wound overland to the Columbia. Her camped Wilson Price Hunt, December 23, 1811; Capt. Bonneville, January 10, 1834; Nathaniel J. Wyet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20WP_van-ornum-massacre_Huntington-OR.html
In October 1860 the Van Ornum Party, survivors of the Utter Disaster, reached Farewell Bend. Here they again encountered Indians.
On September 9 & 10, in Idaho, the Elijah P. Utter wagon train suffered a two-day attack by Indians in which 11 emi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20WO_van-ornum-wagon-train-massacre_Huntington-OR.html
By October 1860 the Van Ornum party reached Farewell Bend. They were survivors of the Elijah P. Utter wagon train that was attacked by Indians on September 9 and 10, just west of Castle Butte in Owyhee County, Idaho. The survivors has escaped the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20VX_remnants-of-the-oregon-trail_Huntington-OR.html
From Alkali Springs, called by many pioneers Sulphur Springs, the emigrants traveled on to Birch Creek, which offered much needed water and grass for their livestock. First named "Riviere aux Bouleaux" by French-Canadian fur trappers, here travele…