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Fort Hall, trading post on the Snake River, near Pocatello, SE Idaho; est. 1834 by U.S. trader Nathaniel Wyeth. It was sold in 1836 to the Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Bay Company, corporation chartered (1670) by Charles II of England for the purpose of trade and settlement in the Hudson Bay region of North America and for exploration toward the discovery of the Northwest Passage to Asia. ..... Click the link for more information. , which occupied the post until 1856. Fort Hall was the main stopping point on the Oregon Trail Oregon National Historic Trail (see National Parks and Monuments , table). An interpretive center is in Baker City, Oreg. BibliographyThe classic work by F. Parkman, The Oregon Trail, actually concerns only the eastern part of the trail. ..... Click the link for more information. W of Fort Bridger. It was destroyed by floods in 1862 and 1864. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"And we turned off at Fort Hall, where the Oregon emigration went north'ard, and swung south for Californy," was his way of concluding the narrative of that arduous journey. |
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