On Birch Creek Road (Junction Valley Road) near Twin Sisters Road (Road 3400 S), on the left when traveling south.
"The moon just rising above the mountains, throwing mild light over the valley & opposite mountain, formed a beautiful scene of prairie mountain life." -- Hugh Brown Heiskell, Sep 3, 1849
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Trails West Inc. P.O. Box . . . — — Map (db m124026) HM
On Blaine Avenue near West Main 2000 South, on the left when traveling south.
Original Cassia County Jail cells where Diamondfield Jack was held in Albion from March 1897 to February 1899.
The jail was moved to Oakley after the jail here burned. — — Map (db m138483) HM
On State Highway 27 at milepost 1,, 0.2 miles north of 1800 South Road, on the right when traveling south.
A vast display of towering granite rocks (16 miles southeast of here) attracted emigrants who were on their way to California. A gold rush visitor, July 14, 1849, reported that "you can imagine among these massive piles, church domes, spires, . . . — — Map (db m31637) HM
On Twin Sister Road (Road 3400 S) near Birch Creek Road (Junction Valley Road), on the right when traveling west.
One day west of the City of Rocks: Never saw such dust! In some places it was actually to the top of the forewheels! Fine white dust; more like flour. Our men were a perfect fright, being literally covered. -- Emigrant journal entry, circa . . . — — Map (db m124025) HM
On Blaine Avenue near West Main 2000 South, on the left when traveling south.
In April 1879 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Tooele, Utah, under direction of Wm. E. Martindale, arrived in Oakley where James Dayley and his two sons had staked claims and built cabins. On Sept. 24, 1882, the Saints . . . — — Map (db m138482) HM