On the Ashes of Their Campfires
About 16 miles south of Hoback Junction on U.S. Highway 189/191

This nearby canyon was a way through the mountains. Its game and Indian trails were followed by the white men. On September 26, 1811, the Astor party, with Wilson Price Hunt, 61 people and 118 horses entered the canyon here, making their way westward to the Pacific Ocean.The three legendary trappers, Hoback, Reznor, and Robinson, guided the party. These were the first white men to pass this way. From this time on, the stream and canyon became known as the Hoback.On October 10, 1812, Robert Stuart of the Astor Firm and his 6 companions camped here on their way to St. Louis from Fort Astoria with the message of the failure of Fort Astoria.On Sunday, August 23, 1835, Jim Bridger’s and Kit Carson’s brigade of trappers and Indians, and the Reverend Samuel Parker bound northward from the rendezvous on the Green River camped in this area. This basin was known then as Jackson’s Little Hole. The Reverend Parker was delivering a sermon to the motley group when buffalo appeared. The congregation left for the hunt without staying for the benediction, This was the first protestant service held in the Rocky Mountains.