This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Soda Springs The Allure For Fur Trappers On Bear River
Early travelers and missionaries described Soda Springs along Bear River as a major Oregon Trail attraction. Explorers like Townsend Lee Whitman and Farnham noted dozens of bubbling soda waters, hot vents, and calcareous mounds, with reports of steam bursts, gas vents, and a landscape of lava and white clay pits near Bear River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stuart
Donald Mackenzie
Soda Springs
Bear River Country
Captain Bonneville
Washington Irving
Bonneville
California and
Oregon
John K. Townsend
the &Th
Bear River
Saratoga
Jason Lee
Sarah White Smith
Asahel Munger
Thomas Jefferson Farnham
Great Bear River
James John