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Canyon Creek Station project continues
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
From left, Suzanne Budge, board director of the Idaho Heritage Trust organization, and IHT executive director Katherine Kirk present the 2025 Fred Walters Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation honors to June Shoemaker, acting state director with the Bureau of Land Management’s state office, and Jon Beck, acting manager of the BLM’s Four Rivers Field Office, during a ceremony held at the Canyon Creek Station north of Mountain Home. Over the past decade, work continues to restore this element of Elmore County’s history and its direct ties to the Oregon Trail.
Photo by Brian S. Orban
Nearly 50 years after a fire swept through a relic from Idaho’s pioneer days and sent it crumbling to the ground, work continues to restore this chapter of Elmore County’s history.
Over the past 10 years, teams of researchers, archeologists and others in Idaho dedicated their time and efforts to rebuild the historic Canyon Creek Stage Station, which represents one of the last remaining structures in the county directly connected to the Oregon Trail.