A trip to the Bingham County Historical Park. . .

On Tuesday my day started early as I prepared and got ready to go with DUP (Daughters of Utah Pioneers) to a beautiful historical park not far from my home, in fact, less than 5 miles.  What a blessing it is to have such a wonderful place to help me remember my heritage!  It is such a beautiful, peaceful park and I am so thankful to be able to visit it anytime I need to feel that peace.

This was our tour guide, Liz.  She was amazing!  Not only was she funny, she was very knowledgeable!  She made the tour so fun as she made us laugh and cry as she told stories about the park and about our ancestors that came this area hundreds of years ago.  She designs historical clothing for a living, so her dress and all that went with it are handmade by her, right down the the many petticoats under her dress, her pantaloons and even the corset she wore.  It was so interesting to hear her tell about the clothing from the 1800's and why it was made the way it was and why those many petticoats were so important.

She was quite a character as a few of the ladies checked out all the petticoats she wore under her beautiful dress, it was hilarious!

Onto the log cabin which was donated to the park and took many hours of hard work to restore it.  It is still a work in progress.  I can't wait to see it when it is completed.

This school house was also donated and the same hard work went into bringing it from the hills that surround our small community to the park.  Some of the ladies had relatives who attended this school many, many years ago.  They were able to tell us stories that really brought this small one room school house to life.  

This is an old horse driven school bus that was also donated - in fact every thing in this park was either donated or built with donations from our small community and surrounding communities.  Much of the hard work was done by the SUP (Sons of the Utah Pioneers).  This school bus is unique because the driver sat inside the bus.  You can see the little slot under the window where the reins went through...smart driver!  I think it would have been so fun to ride this bus as a child!

This is a very old sheep wagon.  As a child my husband spent many hours in a sheep wagon just like this one, living and working on their family ranch through the summer with his brother.  Bob was only 8 years old and his brother was 10 when they lived in the camp.  In fact this sheep wagon was donated by a dear friend of my husbands family.  Bob spent many hours in this exact sheep camp.  It was donated by their family after, Allen, the owner passed away.  

The park also has beautiful flower gardens and vegetable gardens.  The county has cut off their water because they want to turn the historical park into and RV park, so they weren't able to grow a garden this year.  They normally donate all of the vegetables to our community food pantry, so it will be missed by so many this year.  Our city said that they would supply water to them, but it would cost 40,000 dollars to run the necessary pipe for the water. They are currently bringing big water trucks to them so that they can water their fruit trees and what flowers they still have.  They are asking for donations which our DUP Company gladly gave.  I pray that they can raise the money necessary for the pipe, as it would be such a shame to lose this hidden treasure.  It is one of the very few parks like it in, Eastern Idaho where I live.

These are a couple of the gorgeous Iris that are still thriving in the gardens.

I loved spending time in this park and hope you enjoyed a few of the pictures I was able to get.  I really pray that the money can be raised to bring water to the park and save all the wonderful buildings and the memories and stories that go with them each of them. 

Until next time, have a wonderful week-end and be safe.

Hugs and Love,

Barb