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History - Chapter 8
The trail up the Bear River
mainly followed the route of the present wagon road as far as the upper side
of Bear River canyon, where a ford lead to the west side of the river, and the
trail continued up on that side.
 Frequently high water in the river prevented
the ford being used for days at a time, and on several occasions, returning
prospectors were marooned with little or nothing to eat until the water
subsided. Goose Camp on the west side of the ford got it’s name from a lucky
shot with a 30-30 that brought down a goose to two hungry prospectors and
provided the first meal in two days.
Wolf Camp about a mile beyond Glacier Creek, was a stopping place, where,
in the winter of 1903-04, a band of wolves stampeded Rainey’s horses, one of
which was killed. Wolves at that time were fairly numerous during the
wintertime, especially in the neighborhood of the tide flats, where they
preyed on the waterfowl hunting the sloughs there.
Muddy Gulch, at the north end of Bear Lake was a quagmire during the wet
weather, and Hell Hill was a steeper continuation of the same conditions. The
mud was deep and tenacious and in later years caused many difficulties in the
construction of the wagon road.
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