Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-04
TOLL BRIDGE THAT
PROVED A COLD MINE
Span Over Snake River IN EAST
ern Idaho Was q 30
naDZa.
Ex-CONFEDERATE OWNER
Practically Al the Ma.eral usea p
the Developing of Msntana ara
Eastern Idaho Haa z Cross
This Errgs.
Ex-CONFEDERATE OWNER

FROM the en- als C.r9r
or all the toll ofln.- r -4-.
States II IS do BIZ. a alo-.
DrohtlbIe than INST .. 1859 hr -r
aon brothers in cts- I'D Ii..3 il tg BIZ
ful r on any o'nn5 l.-:s.t -ett os nf u--
way in the world h.siort 81. owlcr =
say he ever took il sl-a u.t-r' nftaS-
FAST. or Doln. ~ ,nr l4t Al4er Thu f0.
amounted TO more taan s,tt"
AZ the conclusion ol TIE owl war ID
number OF Missoar.are ln i'rce army
VIII" refused 10 b.. frco. trlfto! sorsnt t"-
clusion In what waa tnfu fhr almost uf-
known country OF Ge S;a., Eisfr Sa4tf
In eastern Idaho. among hem "af a mtn
named Taylor. vino set,eG a. 4 point now
covered by the village ~ laana Fails
Tho Snakc il ono OF the most troacAer-
Gus rivers In the Gnii,1 states, II iorfl-
Gus course being d succession ~ edd.es
and undercurrents into vii cn many poo
pie have unsuspec'ingly gone 20 ihoir
death At the point wn.-e Taylor settled
the river bed Is contracted 10 a narr""
channe! between high walls OF lava rock.
through which Tho stream PUSHES. TWO
channels have been cut. between them Il
high. natural pier OF rocA. The western
channel III abou, eighty feet wico. ne
eastern one legs than FORT
Had to Cross the Snake.
Soon after Taylor settled there Inc
march of civilization BEGAN 10 turn peo-
pie u~orth ward from IN. California trail
.acrosa the northern uar; II Utah, to seek
fortunes IN the ,crritor, or Montana. In
making this Journey II was necessary 20
cross the Snake river. Therc were fcw
nIace. wbere 81. could le safely forded md
even ferries were cut Of the QUESTION dur
Ing the bigh wafer season which lasts
from the m ddlc of Jtne Ia Tho middle al.
August. the season when travel was the
aheAv,est-
1t wa. easy for MIR. r. ,jor to construct, 4
fyo-spau wooden br. dye across tho con
tYacted channel n nr. Tho natural nor
The bridge afforded a safe and easy pas
rage Of the dangerous stream. for which
fxeigh tcys. .ra,,,,.rs ard ranchers were
glad to pay Taylcr tribute
T,vlor .oon ,ircd of rho Ron b-ffrn .na
rxas xi,d To 30, /. Ia his ;,go brotnors in
lam. / G.. and Pohort Anderson ne MIN
self c~on:ederate veterans. The bo,irh,
,.he bridge a, i,;s, alo,;t ;he ,ime wnea
tho Linton pacinr railroad was const-r4;ol
zcres. the northcrn mar. Of I'tah and Inc
x~aeve,opurcrt of tho urc.e N n! iudustrl 3.
of Montana was henun
90
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The bridge was appr2acnei me cas-.
oy "A narrow way aug p''"ee" 'hc "iach
lava rO-h' "nih''is - rI3s"s@ ~ na''o"
Nhat .ss 'I"yD. ~. ""S ~
49, v.r;.d anc.ra,nr IN The soasn
I,.,.;r~ vow water Il was possiblc for
er.irf, iey,. with considerable risk. TO cross
An, v1xsr Mt other places by fordrg or by
,,.,n., their v,acon bcxcs, as boats for fer
-. crrn,..s their freight and sw mining
,rh,sr- stocs,
a, such times The toll was reduced to
a \ wagon. bus yc.era!ly I. was s. or s,
wxr,r- 'rhr :c.ular ;oli for pedestrl-
ana mas u cents. for drovos of cattle 81 "A
mead and for .ocks OF sheep IS cents ii
ho,d ~ sometimes hauucred ,hn. droves
at 2 600 10 Geo shocp or 100 or more ca;-
ale were driven across the bridge. making
II ppss.ale for the Anderson brothers TO
collect IN n single day more n tolls than
thc aycr3g. Exams salary for a year. II
uxs referring 10 Il morning when he coll
Yec,cd toll for a drove OF nearly 500 sheep
rhas & Anderson once Remarked:
ca l.,a t,Lo,f in ever 81 eg9 on that hriJ,c