Fort Hall

Fort Hall in the United States was a 19th century outpost in the eastern Oregon Country. Constructed as a commercial venture along the Snake River north of present-day Pocatello, Idaho, the fort later became an important stop in the 1840s and 1850s for emigrants along the Oregon Trail and California Trail, which diverged west of the fort. Image File history File links Fort Hall © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oregon Country was a region of western North America that originally consisted of the land north of 42°N latitude, south of 54°40N latitude, and west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. ... This article is about the Snake River in the northwestern United States. ... Historic downtown Pocatello Pocatello is a city located in Bannock County, with a small portion in neighboring Power County, in southeastern Idaho. ... Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... For other uses of the term, see Oregon Trail (disambiguation) The route of the Oregon Trail is shown in red in the western United States The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. ... California Trail The California Trail was a major overland emigrant route across the American West from Missouri to California in the middle 19th century. ...

History

The idea for the fort arose from a business venture in 1832 by fur trapper Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth and 70 other men. They planned to journey to a rendezvous point near the Snake where they would sell goods to mountain men and fur trappers. They planned to use the profits from the rendezous to establish a fishery on the Columbia River, exporting salmon to New England and Hawaii. 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The fur trade was a huge part in the early economic development of North America. ... Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (January 29, 1802–August 31, 1856) was an American inventor, ice harvester, and explorer and trader in the far west. ... Columbia River Gorge, Washington or North side The Columbia River is the largest river in volume flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America. ... The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ... Modern New England, the six northeastern-most states of the United States, indicated by red The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the country. ... State nickname: The Aloha State Other U.S. States Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle Official languages Hawaiian and English Area 28,337 km² (43rd)  - Land 16,649 km²  - Water 11,672 km² (41. ...

The business venture proved to be troublesome. After arriving at the rendezous, Wyeth and his men found that their goods sold poorly. As back-up plan, they constructed the wooden Fort Hall on a nearby site to sell-off their excess goods. The fort was completed on July 31, 1834, the only U.S. outpost in the Oregon Country at that time. July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

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. The company raised the British flag over the fort and used the outpost to actively discourage U.S. emigrants from continuing westward. 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. In 1843, Dr. Marcus Whitman, a missionary who had established a mission near present-day Walla Walla, Washington, led a wagon train westward from the fort. In the following years the number of wagon trains grew sharply and the fort became a welcome stop along the trail for thousands of emigrants. It also remained an important trading post for mountain men and the Native Americans of the region, in particular the Shoshone. The fort became the property of the United States in 1846 following the Oregon Treaty. 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada (and North America) and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ... Fort Vancouver Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudsons Bay Company in the Oregon Country. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Marcus Whitman (NSHC statue) Marcus Whitman (September 4, 1802–November 29, 1847) was an American physician and missionary in the Oregon Country. ... Jason Lee The Oregon missionaries were collectively the religious-minded pioneers who settled in the Oregon Country of North America starting in the 1830s with the intent of coverting local Native Americans to Christianity. ... Walla Walla is the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 29,6866. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... Shoshone around their tipi, probably taken around 1890 The Shoshone, Shoshoni or Snake are a Native American group consisting of several bands. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The 1846 Oregon Treaty, formally titled Treaty with Great Britain, in Regard to Limits Westward of the Rocky Mountains, established the border between the British and American sections of the Oregon Country. ...

By 1863 the wooden fort had decayed completely. A replica was constructed in the 1960s in Pocatello and is now operated as a public museum. The original site is located at Fort Hall in the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1960s. ... Houses in Fort Hall, Idaho Fort Hall is a census-designated place located in northern Bannock County, and southern Bingham County, in southeastern Idaho. ... Grain elevator on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation The Fort Hall Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Shoshoni and Bannock people in the U.S. state of Idaho. ...

External links

• Idaho State University: Fort Hall
• Idaho History: Fort Hall Site
• Fort Hall Replica official site
• Fort Hall Accounts