In addition to the Welcome Center & History Museum, the Osceola County Historical Society also operates an outdoor museum called Pioneer Village. Over the next few blog posts that are not part of the Life of Paul series I will be introducing you to some of the people who's lives are honored and referenced in [...]
Category: On the road
Nature Center
The entity that I currently work for is called Osceola History, which is short for the Osceola County Historical Society. It operates three facilities: a Welcome Center & History Museum, a Pioneer Village, and a former private residence which is the location of our archival storage. Over the next few "in-between the Life of Paul" [...]
July California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 4
July 22 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail Just north of where the Lander Road crossed Green River is the site of the Green River Rendezvous. You can visit the interpretive markers at Trappers Point Overlook near Pinedale, WY (GPS coordinates -109.982, 42.880). The Historical Marker Database provides information about those [...]
July California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 3
July 15 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail If you were traveling along the Sublette cutoff, you would reach the Little Sandy river at this point (GPS coordinates -109.302, 42.260). There are no modern roads through this region and the area is nearly unchanged from the days of the California Trail. [...]
July California Trail Social Media Posts: Week 2
July 8 – A 5-month virtual road trip along the California Trail There is a pullout (GPS coordinates -108.009, 42.517) on Highway 287 west of Jeffrey City that has a historical marker regarding an Ice Slough. Emigrants discovered that this particular valley has a marsh which maintains ice at depth well into the summer and [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 