Three Island Crossing State Park
Historic Site · Glenns Ferry, Idaho
Six hundred and thirteen acres on the Snake River at Glenns Ferry, on the spot where the Oregon Trail forced its hardest decision. Emigrants could ford the river here to reach the better grass and easier going on the north bank, or stay south on a hotter, drier, longer route - and the ford drowned people and stock in most years until Gus Glenn built a ferry two miles upstream in 1869. The park opened in 1971 on land the city deeded to Idaho in 1968, and it interprets the crossing from the bank where the wagons went in.
1083 South Three Island Park Drive, Glenns Ferry, Idaho, 83623, United States
Open year round for day use with an Idaho state park vehicle entry fee. ⚠ THE VISITOR CENTRE KEEPS SEASONAL HOURS and is reduced or closed outside the main season - check before travelling, because without the exhibits the site is a riverbank. Camping and cabins are reserved through the Idaho state park reservation service and the riverside sites go early for summer weekends. ⚠ THE ANNUAL RE-ENACTED RIVER CROSSING IS NOT A RELIABLE FIXTURE and older articles still describe it as one - check the park's current events calendar rather than travelling for it. Seasonal interpretive and living-history programming does run.
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