2025 CHS Field Trip Well Attended
Jun 25, 2025 01:25PM ● By Bill Horsley, Caribou Historical Society
The large tour group that made its way to Alexander area over the weekend with the Caribou Historical Society.
On the morning of June 21st an enthusiastic group started to gather at the Caribou Historical Society Museum around 9:15 and by 10:00 the group of about 40 were on the road to the old Alexander townsite. Former residents of the area Russ and Reed Findley shared some stories about the last residents of the old railroad hotel which is the last remaining structure in the old townsite.
From there we drove the old Oregon Trail Road towards Ivins and noted the Oregon/ California Trail markers that were placed along sections of the trail where wagon ruts are still evident. Between the years from 1841 to the mid 1880’s three to five hundred thousand emigrants made the trek from Independence Missouri to Oregon and California and relevant landmarks that they used in this area were pointed out and after the group looped back on the old “Y” section of the highway the group got to investigate some of the old trail ruts.
Then on to the Sheep Rock Interpretive site where the group had a chance to investigate the numerous informative plaques and learn a bit about a favorite individual of mine C.B. Wilson. We finished up with a picnic lunch at the Alexander Dam Park.
Last year, the Society led a tour to many of the town’s historic springs.
