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Fort Hall site dispute sparks long buried history
Pocatello Post essay traces Fort Hall location debate among Old Oregon Trail Association members and locals. Based on old maps and Native testimony, the original 1834 fort stood about 10 miles west of present Fort Hall, later moved east near Blackfoot, with Birch Creek massacre and Albert Lyon stories tied to the era.
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JACK HARVEY _ Post
Old
Oregon Trail Association
Old Fort Hall
Fort Hall
Snake River
Blackfoot
Pocatello
Oregon Trail
Snake
Albert Lyon
Birch Creek
Ross Fork
Bingham County
West
Pocatello-Blackfoot
Albert Edward Lyon
B. H. Lyon
Reach
Lemhi
Gilmore
Salmon Country
Ben Lyon
Eagle Nest Ford
Idaho Falls
Ross’ Fork