Financial journals and ledgers of Fort Hall, an Oregon Trail post. Also included are papers relating to Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1834-1889. Photocopies from the Oregon Historical Society microfilm R-578.
Digital copies of the Fort Hall Journal and Fort Hall Account Books Ledgers no. 1 and no. 2 are available from the Oregon Historical Society, which holds the original items. Please visit
The 1834-1838 financial journal and ledgers of Fort Hall were copied from Oregon Historical Society microfilm R-578, and the material is copyrighted by them. Permission to publish excerpts must be obtained in writing from the Society.
The photocopies of the Fort Hall account books were donated to the University of Idaho Library by Charles E. Simpson of Pocatello, Idaho, in May 1990.
Original order retained. Items were originally housed in three-ring binders; archivist rehoused materials in acid-free folders.
Items in this collection are photocopies of microfilmed versions of the original items, held by the Oregon Historical Society.
Scans of the original Fort Hall Financial Journal (folders 2-4 in this collection), Fort Hall Account Book Ledger no. 1 (folders 5-8 in this collection), and Fort Hall Account Book Ledger no. 2 (folder 9 in this collection) are available on the Oregon Historical Society's Digital Collections site:
Scans of the photocopied microfilm copies are located on the archive drive under MG 334.
Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.