The Fall Membership Meeting will be held at the Fort Douglas Military Museum, 32 Potter Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

There will be a "re-do" of the Hastings Cutoff Tour. About 10 of the people who couldn't make the October 10 tour have asked for another tour. 

We'll meet at TA Travel Center, Tooele Exit 99 at 9:30 am.

Look for Connie Bauer’s black vintage Tahoe.

Anyone who didn't get enough on the 10th or would like to add insight or just wants to get on the trails again - come on!

Bring a lunch, snacks, water, binoculars if you have them, masks, shoes for short hikes, and no clean cars - gravel roads.

Any questions email Connie Bauer or Steve Allison. Please let us know if you're coming.

Connie Bauer - conniekbauer@hotmail.com

Steve Allison - sallison9999@gmail.com

Hello Trails Pardners,

Our next tour, the 3rd in our series, will be Saturday, October 10th. We will begin where the Donner-Reed Party crossed the Jordan River, go through Tooele, Grantsville, and end at the east side of Skull Valley. There are awesome things to see along the way.

We will meet on the east side of the Jordan River on 2780 South street (about 1040 West) at 9 am. (Please see the attached directions and maps).

I am so excited about this tour because it seems like in the past we have skipped over the Salt Lake Valley. 

Our intrepid tour guide Connie Baur will lead this tour. 

We will be wearing masks and practicing social distancing. Please bring your lunch which we will be eating at the Benson Grist Mill. 

Please send an email to Steve Allison to let him know you'll be coming.

SAllison9999@gmail.com  

Crossroads Historical Trails Tour

On Saturday, August 22, we will sponsor a tour of the pioneer trails from the Weber River Crossing near Henefer, Utah, to the First Encampment site in the Salt Lake Valley. This trail will highlight the 1846 Donner Party, the early Utah Pioneers, and the three Pony Express stations along the way. This last 50 miles of the pioneer trail into the Salt Lake Valley covers some of the roughest terrain of the entire westward trek to Salt Lake. Our tour guide will be Connie Bauer. There will be other historians who will give reports along the way too. Please bring your camera, lunch, and plenty of water. (We will eat lunch at about noon.) Please carpool if you can. 

Where to meet: Weber River Crossing Campground (see attached map)

When to meet: 9 am

Cost: Free

Approximate tour running time: 4 hours

Please RSVP to Steve Allison

sallison9999@gmail.com

The annual Chapter Barbeque will be held at the Fort Douglas Military Museum, 32 Potter Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84113

The dinner service will begin at 6:00 pm.

Hi, all our Crossroads friends!

We are going on a terrific historic trails tour on Saturday June 27th. Connie Bauer will guide us on a tour of Echo Canyon and other nearby sites. Connie is an Echo Canyon historian and is such a fun guide. We'll learn a lot, get out of the house, and have a lot of fun. 

We will meet at Memorial Park and Rodeo in Henefer, Utah at 9 am.

It will be easy to follow social distancing guidelines outdoors. I'll be wearing a mask when I'm out of the car.

Bring lunch, water, sunscreen, and binoculars. 

Please RSVP to Steven Allison at sallison9999@gmail.com

Or call or text Steve at 801-870-1319 to let us know you're coming.

Click for our TOUR ITINERARY and a MAP with driving directions. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Steven Allison

801-870-1319

sallison9999@gmail.com

CANCELLED - This meeting has been postponed indefinitely

Announcing the Utah Crossroads OCTA Spring Meeting!

1850s Alcoholism, Divorce, Murder, and Court Trials in the West

An historical look at the experiences of Eleanor McLean and the Murder of Parley P. Pratt.

 Presented by Steven Allison, PhD

Everybody is welcome. We look forward to seeing you there!

Date: Thursday March 12, 2020

Time: Lecture 7:00 PM

Place: Fort Douglas Museum, on the University of Utah campus

Address: 32 Potter Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113

Directions to the museum here. 

The Utah Crossroads Chapter Fall Lecture will be held at the Ft. Douglas Military Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah. Chapter officers will be elected and installed for 2020.

Crossroads will have a tour called "Travel Back in Time Through Echo Canyon," with Connie Bauer leading the way.

RAILPOST INSTALLATION AND MINI-TOUR OF DONNER SPRING AREA

There is going to be a Railpost party and everyone is invited.

On Saturday, September 28, Utah Crossroads members will be installing two new Railpost Markers along Pilot Mountain Road near Donner Spring. The first one will be placed near the National Park Service’s interpretive panel at the eastern base of Bidwell Pass. We will meet there at 10:00 AM. After placing the first Railpost we will move about ten miles north and plant the second one near Donner Spring.

After the work has been completed, we will take a tour of the area.  If all goes well, we will visit Donner Spring and a railpost at the edge of the mudflats east of the spring. Then we will go to Shibley Spring, Munsee Spring, Hall’s Spring, and possibly Bidwell Pass.  If time and road conditions permit, we will make our way to a non-trail-related rock formation that should prove interesting to all.

 Participants will need to bring their lunch, whatever snacks they want, and plenty of water.

Vehicles:  You can drive to the new railpost sites in a normal family sedan but the tour will require a high clearance vehicle but not necessarily four-wheel-drive. Your tires must be in good condition because the roads we will be traveling on will be very rocky in some places. 

 Driving Directions: The driving time from the Salt Lake City Area should be about three hours. Take Interstate 80 westbound.  Leave I-80 at Exit 4.  Turn north.  At 4.5 miles from I-80 bear left.  At 7.7 miles cross the Utah-Nevada state line (at about this point the road turns to gravel and is usually very washboardy). At 14 miles come to the NPS panel on the left.

If you are interested in participating in this activity please contact Jess Petersen or Vic Heath before September 20th.

Jess: 435-882-6581, jesspetersen@comcast.net

Vic:   801-561-3414, bonnieheath3@yahoo.com

Please join us for our Fall BBQ Social on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at the Ft. Douglas Museum, 32 Potter Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84113. Directions to the museum here.  Everyone is welcome, so if you have curious friends and neighbors bring them along, as this is an excellent opportunity to find out what the Oregon-California Trails Association and Utah Crossroads are all about.

Socializing begins @ 6:00 PM Dinner will be served around 7:00 PM.

 Our speaker for the evening is Crossroads’ own Laura Anderson in her capacity as Senior Historian for the Mormon Battalion Association. She will present material from her session at the OCTA Convention in Santa Fe about Mormon Battalion sick detachment.

If you’re planning to attend the cost will be $18.00 per person. Please email Drew dwanosik@xmission.com, with your name(s) and how many dinners you want no later than Monday September 16th

NOTE: There’s still time to join us but if you’re going to eat, we have to let the caterer know, so please email Drew dwanosik@xmission.com with your name(s) and how many dinners you want no later than Monday September 16th.

Crossroads will work with the Bureau of Land Management to post new signs on Hastings Cutoff in the Silver Island Pass area.

Utah Crossroads Chapter Spring Lecture will be held at the Ft. Douglas Military Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah