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  Oregon-California Trails Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Although Fort Hall continued to be used by independent fur traders, such as Jonnie Grant, Jr., the post fell into disrepair and, in 1864, Holladay Stage Lines constructed a stage station a short distance southeast of Fort Hall, using much of the material of the old fort.
Having done as much as was requisite for safety to the Fort and drank a bale of liquor and named it Fort Hall in honor of the oldest partner of our concern we left it and with it Mr.
This fort is situated on the south side of Snake River, was built by Captain Wyeth of Boston, 1834, is exposed the Black Foot, a savage tribe who glory in spilling the blood of the whites.
www.octa-trails.org /JumpingOffToday/VirtualTour/FortHall.asp   (807 words)

  
 Ft Hall on the Oregon-Trail
Hall was an important stop for the emigrants in the trail's early years.
Yet few who passed through this fort knew the strange reason it was built.
When Ft. Hall was completed in 1834, it stood as the only American outpost in the entire Oregon country.
www.isu.edu /~trinmich/FtHall.html   (306 words)

  
 Fort Hall Indian Reservation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fort Hall Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Shoshoni and Bannock people in the U.S. state of Idaho.
Founded in 1863, it is named for Fort Hall, a trading post that was an important stop along the Oregon Trail and California Trail in the middle 19th century.
The community of Fort Hall, along Interstate 15, is the largest population center on the reservation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Hall_Indian_Reservation   (516 words)

  
 Fort Tours | Fort Hall
Fort Hall was an important stop for the emigrants in the trail's early years.
When Fort Hall was completed in 1834, it stood as the only American outpost in the entire Oregon country.
Fort Hall Replica at the upper level of Ross Park, Pocatello, Idaho.
www.forttours.com /pages/forthall.asp   (387 words)

  
 Fort Hall
After the fort was established, Wyeth left behind a dozen men, fourteen horses and mules, and three cows to continue trade with the Indians and to trap the surrounding country.
The fort was finally abandoned in 1855, but emigrants continued to camp in the abandoned buildings and graze stock in the pastures until 1863.
The original site of Fort Hall is on private property today, but a replica has been built in the city of Pocatello where visitors may see how one of the historic versions of the fort looked.
home.att.net /~mman/FortHall.htm   (2054 words)

  
 Fort Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Hall in the United States was a 19th century outpost in the eastern Oregon Country.
In August 1837 Wyeth sold the fort to the Hudson's Bay Company, which controlled the fur trade in the Oregon Country from their headquarters at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia.
Emigrants who arrived at the fort were shown the abandoned wagons of those who had come before them and who had continued westward with their animals on foot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Hall   (436 words)

  
 Fort Tours | Fort Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The trail north from the Bear River to the Portneuf River, which would take travelers to Fort Hall, was difficult, but by now the road-hardened travelers handled it routinely.
The fort was abandoned in 1855, but emigrants continued to camp in the abandoned buildings and graze stock in the pastures until 1863.
The original site of Fort Hall is on private property today, but a replica has been built in the city of Pocatello where visitors may see how the original fort looked.
www.forttours.com /pages/tocfthall.asp   (166 words)

  
 The Fort Hall Replica Gateway to the Pacific Northwest
The major factor in determining that the Oregon Trail came through this territory and also the main reason for maintaining it from its start to its crest and on to its ebb, was the small outpost on the banks of the Snake River, Fort Hall.
Jack was tasked with the responsibility for the development, and directed the preliminary studies to determine the costs, outline tentative plans, and select a location for the fort.
As Chairman of the Fort Hall Replica Commission, for many years Jack planned and oversaw the building of additional internal structures, design, and collection of most of the major items in the fort.
www.forthall.net   (562 words)

  
 Fort Hall Indian Reservation Issues
Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868 treaty was entered into between the United States government and the Eastern Band of Shoshone Indians (known at the time as the "Washakie Band") and the Bannock Indians.
The Fort Hall Indian Reservation was created by executive order pursuant to the provisions of the 1868 treaty.
The primary component of the proposed memorandum of understanding is a request by the Tribes that enrolled tribal members be allowed the option of having their traffic offenses litigated in Tribal Court, rather than State Court, when the offense occurred on the Reservation.
www.co.bannock.id.us /prosecutor/fort_hall_indian_reservation_issues.html   (737 words)

  
 Pocatello Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The city of "Pocatello" was named from an Indian chief of the Shoshone tribe who granted the railroad a right-of-way through the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Hudson's Bay Company established one of the first permanent settlements at Fort Hall in 1834, which is only a few miles northeast of Pocatello.
When over-trapping and a shift in fashion to silk hats put an end to the fur trade, Fort Hall became a supply point for immigrants traveling the Oregon trail.
www.isu.edu /isutour/pocatello/pocatello1.html   (284 words)

  
 Oregon Trail in Idaho--Fort Hall
Nathaniel Wyeth, an ambitious Bostonian, built Fort Hall in the summer of 1834 as a supply center for fur traders and Native Americans.
Fort Hall stands on the left bank of Lewis's fork or the Snake.
Fort Hall is a small and rather ill constructed Fort, built of 'Dobies.' It was established in the summer of 1834 by Nathaniel Wyeth, a yankee.
www.idahohistory.net /OTfthall.html   (719 words)

  
 Fort Hall
Nathaniel Wyeth built the original Fort Hall in 1834 primarily to store $3,000 worth of merchandise that Thomas Fitzpatrick and Milton Sublette were intending to purchase at the area’s annual fur trapper rendezvous.
Eventually, Fort Hall’s existence as a trade center combined with nearby Fort Boise to end the annual rendezvous between the Indians and traders.
This fort became the second Fort Hall, but eventually it too was abandoned and its name was given to the headquarters of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation that President Andrew Johnson established in 1867 for the Shoshone-Bannock Indians.
www.ultimateidaho.com /sec7/forthall.html   (277 words)

  
 forthall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Fort Hall was in what is the state of Idaho today.
Later a treaty was signed and Fort Hall and the Oregon Territory became the United States Territory.
The early pioneers on the Oregon Trail abandoned their wagons at Fort Hall and continued the trail on foot with their animals because they did not know if the wagons could make it the rest of the way.
www.wou.edu /~khunsak/ed422website/forthall.html   (201 words)

  
 Idaho Forts
Remnants of the old fort were used to construct this fortified stage station on Spring Creek just north of Fort Hall (1).
Located three miles southeast of Fort Hall (1) at the junction of the Salt Lake and Boise Roads to protect the Oregon Trail.
The fort is located at a park near the VA Hospital, at Fifth and Fort Streets.
www.geocities.com /naforts/id.html   (1081 words)

  
 Fort Hall Deck Builders | Decks Contractors in Fort Hall, ID
Fort Hall deck builders are key to our business and your home because they can provide you not only entertaining space, but also extra living space.
Many think of living space as only indoor space, but many Fort Hall deck builders have heard from their clients that they spend every waking hour on their decks dining, reading, entertaining, grilling, sunbathing, enjoying cocktails, and chatting with friends.
Fort Hall deck builders are valuable resources because they can add so much life and space to your home.
www.servicemagic.com /d.Decks.Fort_Hall.ID.-12017.html   (161 words)

  
 Fort Lewis College News Archive
Fort Lewis College Dean of the School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences John Ninnemann recently received a $41,000 grant from the Colorado Historical Society to assist the Chimney Rock Archaeological Area with development of a new guidebook...
Fort Lewis College and the University of Northern Colorado have collaborated and received an $873,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education to establish a master’s degree program in Native American leadership.
Fort Lewis College recognized its faculty and staff award winners and the years-of-service anniversaries for more than 65 employees yesterday, but it was the celebration of the college’s first-ever 40-year employee that stole the show.
www.fortlewis.edu /news/archive.asp   (7588 words)

  
 ESPN Outdoors - IDAHO (December 2005): Fort Hall 'an amazing place' for waterfowl, pheasant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
POCATELLO, Idaho — The Fort Hall Indian Reservation, 9 miles north of Pocatello, could be the best kept secret for duck, geese and pheasant, not only in southeast Idaho, but the entire southern part of the state.
This area is a favorite among hunters who frequent the Fort Hall bottoms.
Dan Christopherson, Fort Hall wildlife biologist (208-478-3808; 3749), said this area is unique, giving the hunter a choice of jump-shooting, blind hunting along the reservoir, floating the river and creeks or field hunting with decoy spreads.
sports.espn.go.com /outdoors/hunting/news/story?page=h_map_05_ID_Fort_Hall   (455 words)

  
 Shoshone-Bannock of Fort Hall Reservation
The Shoshone and Bannock, who were gathered to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in the 1860s, once included all of southern Idaho as their homeland.
Among the Shoshone of Fort Hall, several dialects are spoken, reflecting the various Shoshone bands.The Shoshone dialects are "mutually intelligible," that is, a Shoshone speaker from the Boise area can understand a Shoshone speaker from the Lemhi Valley.
As the first ethnographer to visit the Fort Hall Indian Reservation shortly after the turn of the century, Lowie set numerous stories and observations to print as a result of staying among the people for no more than a few days.
challenge.isu.edu /multicultural/NativeAm/ShoBan/forthall.htm   (2349 words)

  
 The Oregon Trail: Fort Hall
Established by Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth in 1834 along the Snake River, Fort Hall first served as a fur trading post.
The British flag flew over Fort Hall briefly when it was purchased by an English company, until a treaty placed it and the rest of the Oregon Country in United States territory.
Early emigrants on the Oregon Trail usually abandoned their wagons at the fort and continued on foot with their animals.
www.historyglobe.com /ot/fthall.htm   (129 words)

  
 Blackfoot Idaho School District #55   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Fort Hall Elementary is located 13 miles south of Blackfoot on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, and has a Family Technology Center that serves approximately 1700 students.
Fort Hall Elementary students experience learning in an environment conducive to the development of a lifelong thirst for knowledge.
Fort Hall Elementary provides a safe and nurturing environment.
www.d55.k12.id.us /forthall/main.htm   (113 words)

  
 Shoshone - Bannock Tribes, Sho Ban, Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho,Shoban, snake river Shoshone beadwork   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Lemhi-Shoshone forced to Fort Hall and 100 Square Mile Reservation closed at Tendoy, Idaho 1907.
The Fort Hall Recreation Program was established in 1964, under the supervision of the Fort Hall Business Council.
Air Quality's mission is to measure air quality parameters, including radiation, particulate matter, and meteorological conditions on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, and in coordination with State and Federal Agencies, provide notification of air-borne toxic releases or elevated levels of radiation.
www.shoshonebannocktribes.com   (498 words)

  
 Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame
It is co-sponsored by the Memorial Hall Association, a private non-profit organization, the Henry Leavenworth Chapter of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) and the command of Fort Leavenworth.
The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to honor outstanding members of the Army, who after being stationed at Fort Leavenworth significantly contributed to the history, heritage and traditions of the Army.
The nominees receiving the highest number of votes are inducted into the Hall of Fame in a ceremony, normally held in April or May. The inductees are memorialized by a shadow box containing a portrait and an inscription.
cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil /carl/resources/ftlvn/hof.asp   (180 words)

  
 Sho-Ban News front page (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
FORT HALL — On Wednesday, October 4 a lockdown occurred at Shoshone-Bannock Jr./Sr.
FORT HALL — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in a gaming case October 11, affirming U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill’s decision citing the Tribes aren’t required to comply with the limitations of Proposition One as agreed to by the northern Idaho tribes.
FORT HALLFort Hall Business Council Chairman Alonzo Coby has scheduled a Called Meeting for Saturday, October 21 at 10 a.m.
www.shobannews.com.cob-web.org:8888   (271 words)

  
 The Fort Hall Accounts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The accompanying files are transcribed from the surviving records of the Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company's operations at Fort Hall.
These accounting books cover the period from the establishment of the fort on July 31, 1834 to its sale to the Hudson's Bay company in August 1837.
There is also an inventory of the initial stock of goods left in the fort, the bundles cached nearby, and the goods taken by Wyeth to the Columbia.
www.xmission.com /~drudy/mtman/html/fthall/fthall.html   (191 words)

  
 Free Bass Hall Tours - Fort Worth Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
I was wandering around Barnes and Noble across the street and someone passed by me and said, "Free Bass Hall Tours @ 10:30." Since it was 10:20 I deceided to check it out.
There are some unique things to know about the hall you may not have known unless you take the tour.
I believe the Maddox Muse (VC Hall) and BH are connected by underground passages.
www.fortwortharchitecture.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=968   (212 words)

  
 Outfit of a Trapper - Osborne Russell's Purchases at Fort Hall
This "stone" was to be a permanent fort and trading post that Wyeth decided to establish in the vicinity, to hold his unsold goods and to compete with the rival companies.
On the 18th we commenced the Fort which was a stockade 80 ft square built of Cotton wood trees set on end sunk 2 ½ feet in the ground and standing about 15 feet above with two bastions 8 ft square at the opposite angles.
A common way of using flour at Fort Hall in those days was noted by Narcissa Whitman, on her visit a few years later, on Aug. 3, 1836.
www.xmission.com /~drudy/mtman/RuslPaper.html   (4818 words)

  
 National Park Service - Soldier and Brave (Fort Hall Fur Trading Post)
The Fort Hall fur trading post, not to be confused with the later Army fort of the same name at a different location, was particularly noteworthy in the history of the fur trade, transportation-communications, and overland emigration.
Near the confluence of the Snake and Portneuf Rivers in southeastern Idaho, he built Fort Hall, a stockade of cottonwood logs with two blockhouses.
Around 1837 the Hudson's Bay Co. purchased Fort Hall from Wyeth, reconstructed it with adobe, and enlarged it considerably.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/soldier/siteb4.htm   (698 words)

  
 Tour of the Potato Research Project at the Fort Hall Indian Reservation
The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides and Three Rivers Resource Conservation & Development will offer a tour highlighting a research project on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation utilizing green manures, an alternative potato rotation technique that is hoped to reduce pesticide use.
Potato farming is important economically to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, yet chemical inputs raise human health concerns.
That's why a potato field near Fort Hall is growing something different this fall.
www.pesticide.org /FortHallPotatoTour.html   (268 words)

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