Fort Hall Replica, Pocatello

Great replica if an important trading fort along the Oregon Trail. Fort Hall replica (Pocatello, Idaho). The fort served as a fur trading post and as a stop in the Oregon trail. Between 1842 and 1852 an estimated 200,000 persons passed by the fort - by far the majority of them missionaries and settlers going to the "promised land." Once wagons were lined up from Fort Laramie, a 500 mile traffic jam. Many wouldn't have made it were it not for the fort. The blacksmith shop fixed the carriages. The Hudson Bay (fur trading) Company sold clothing, provisions, ammunition, replacement cattle and horses, and other equipment to the travelers. The fort was never attacked by indians. The place also had a history museum of the area

Cool replica of this important stop on the Oregon Trail. The museum and fort replica are $4 to enter both. Interesting history and stuff.