Fort Hall was a fort in the western United States that was built in 1834 as a fur trading post by Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth.
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13 Facts About Fort Hall
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The town of Fort Hall later developed eleven miles to the east, and Pocatello developed about thirty miles south on the Portneuf River.
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In 1870 a New Fort Hall was constructed to carry out that function; it was located about 25 miles to the northeast.
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Fort Hall is considered the most important trading post in the Snake River Valley.
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The Old Fort Hall site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and the New Fort Hall site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Fort Hall recruited Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, an inventor and businessman who had made the ice industry successful in Boston, to his plan to invest in an expedition to the Northwest where they would make their fortunes.
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Fort Hall was sending word in advance to Indian tribes to bring in buffalo robes for trading.
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When Fort Hall was completed, Wyeth continued toward the Columbia River with members of his expedition.
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Fort Hall became a welcome stop along the trail for hundreds of thousands of emigrants.
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Fort Hall was rebuilt in 1864, on Spring Creek just north of the original Fort Hall.
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The town of Fort Hall developed about 11 miles east of the old trading post and fort; both are within the reservation.
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In 1961, the site of the original Fort Hall, which is marked by a memorial, was declared a National Historic Landmark.
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Replica of the original Fort Hall was constructed in the 1960s in Pocatello, about thirty miles away, and is operated as a public museum.
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