Fort Hall Bingham County, Idaho
Mapped Location
Fort Hall: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Fort Hall
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Fort Hall
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Fort Hall | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Fort Hall
References to Fort Hall that document the origin of its place name
FORT HALL, Bingham County.—The Columbia Fishing and Trading Company was formed in 1834, by several individuals in New York and Boston. Nathaniel Wyeth, having an interest in the enterprise, collected a party of men to cross the continent to the Pacific, with the purpose chiefly of establishing trading posts beyond the Rocky Mountains and on the coast. The site selected for the first fort was on the east bank of the Snake River, nine miles above the mouth of the Portneuf River (q. v.). It was named for Henry Hall, senior member of the firm furnishing Wyeth financial backing. Competition in trade soon forced Wyeth to sell this fort, which he did in 1836, to the Hudson Bay Company. It was abandoned by the latter company in 1856, since which time the erosive power of the Snake River has washed it away. In 1870, the Government erected a post on Lincoln Creek, a tributary of the Blackfoot River, garrisoned it with soldiers, and called it Fort Hall ; however, it was forty miles northeast of the old fort. This latter post is also entirely abandoned. A postofiice by this name is on Ross Creek, about midway between the two former forts.—TOWNSEND, Narrative.
A Selected Bibliography of Fort Hall, Bingham County, Idaho
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
Sacajawea's people the Lemhi Shoshones and the Salmon River country by John W. W. Mann
"John W.W. Mann offers an absorbing and richly detailed look at the life of Sacajawea's people before their first contact with non-Natives, their encounter with the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the early nineteenth century, and their subsequent confinement to a reservation in northern Idaho near the town of Salmon. He follows the Lemhis from the liquidation of their reservation in 1907 to their forced union with the Shoshone-Bannock tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation to the south. He describes how for the past century, surrounded by more populous and powerful Native tribes, the Lemhis have fought to preserve their political, economic, and cultural integrity. His compelling and informative account should help to bring Sacajawea's people out of the long shadow of history and restore them to their rightful place in the American story."--Jacket
1 online resource (xxiii, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
The Lemhi Sacajawea's people by Brigham D. Madsen
Native American historian Brigham D. Madsen tells the story of the Mountain Shoshoni culture from the fateful day in 1805 when Chief Ca-me-ah-wait met Lewis and Clark to 1907 when the Lemhi moved to the Fort Hall Reservation.
214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
Bingham County
- City of Aberdeen
- Aberdeen Junction
- Aiken
- Alridge
- City of Atomic City
- City of Basalt
- City of Blackfoot
- Cerro Grande
- Clarkson
- Coffee Point
- Collins
- Cox
- Fingal
- City of Firth
- Fort Hall
- Fullmer
- Gay
- Gibson
- Goshen
- Goshen Junction
- Grandview
- Groveland
- Havens
- Kimball
- Liberty
- McDonaldville
- Mitchell
- Moreland
- Morgan
- Olsen
- Peterson (historical)
- Pingree
- Rising River
- Riverside
- Rockford
- Rose
- Rouse
- City of Shelley
- Springfield
- Sterling
- Taber
- Thomas
- Trailton (historical)
- Wapello
- Wolverine
- Woodville
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2016-12-04