The Fort Hall Replica is in Pocatello in upper Ross Park. It is about thirty miles fro the location of the original Fort Hall. In fact the town of Fort Hall which is on the Indian reservation is about 11 miles east of the original Fort Hall and trading post. Fort Hall was first established in 1834 as a trading post for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company by Nathaniel Wyeth and named for an investor in his trading enterprise. When the Oregon Trail became popular Fort Hall was the only fort along the trail after Fort Laramie. The Army was assigned to protect the trail. With the Civil War emigrant traffic lessened and the fort was abandoned. It was washed out by flood waters from the Snake River in 1863. Another Fort Hall was built and manned from 1870 to 1883. This fort was further east. After its use was discontinued for the army it was used as a school for Native Americans. Later the buildings were moved to the Shoshone Bannock reservation. Today, neither fort still stands.
In the 1960s the replica fort was built in Pocatello. It is used as part of the Bannock County Museum and is open in the summer.
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