Southeast Idaho is filled with Pioneer Oregon Trail and Railroad Historic sites.
The Bear River Heritage Area straddles the Idaho-Utah border where the Great Basin and the Rocky Mountains meet. Come and experience its…
The January 29, 1863 Bear River Massacre of 250 or more Native Americans, by Colonel Patrick Connor and his troops, occurred here. It was…
An historic collection of classic dolls and Native American artifacts graces the interior of this mansion museum. Guided tours.
Built in 1892 by Isaac Evans, the Blue Goose was originally a furniture store and Post Office. Clarence Hughes runs this charming store,…
The store, built in 1908, is a last remnant of a small but important livestock community in that time. The once famous Henry Stampede Rodeo…
Established in 1879, this historic community on the Oregon Trail is a well preserved example of a small Mormon settlement. The town site…
China Hat and China Cap are rhyolite domes that formed around older lava flows. There are many faults located in the area which have had a…
The first department store in Idaho, the Evans Co-op, which was part of the Mormon cooperative movement, ZCMI, of the 1860s, in which local…
The De Smet Monument in Soda Springs, Idaho is comprised of a bronze bust of Father Pierre-Jean De Smet and four interpretive signs briefly…
The oldest continually settled town in Idaho, Franklin was founded in 1860 by Mormon pioneers. Several original buildings stand in the…
This small log and wood frame building over 125 years old, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In Georgetown’s early…
Over 300,000 emigrants used the Oregon-California Trail between 1840 and 1869. Three ruts are visible at the bottom of the hill, indicating…
Gutzon Borglum was a prolific American sculptor best know for his presidents’ sculptures on Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. Borglum was…
Free, clear sparkling soda water still is available in a beautiful Soda Springs city park located two miles north from the center of town.…
Idaho’s Natural History: Don’t just see it, experience it! Visitors will discover dinosaurs, ice-age mammals, how to live off the land, and…
The site is a 7 mile segment of “The Lander Cut-off of the Oregon Trail”, the first road commissioned by Congress with funding…
This site is the point on the Bear River where water was first diverted by Mormon settlers to develop an agriculture industry in Gem Valley…
Daily living history tours depict the 2000-mile, 5-month journey along the Oregon Trail, including a computer-generated simulated covered…
The Cave was formed when basalt lava flowed out of a vent 500 thousand years ago forming a lava tube typical to this type of volcanic…
Octagon Spring was a popular gathering place for local residents and for visitors to the famous Idanha Hotel,built in 1887,which was just…
