Soda Springs, Idaho

The city is named for the thousands of natural springs of carbonated water that are located in and around the city. The springs were well known to Native Americans and were a famous landmark along the Oregon Trail in the middle 19th century. Today the city is also known as the location of the Soda Springs Geyser, a man-made carbon dioxide-generated cold water geyser.

Chesterfield was a Mormon pioneer town founded in 1880 along the Old Oregon Trail in southeast Idaho. Experience the rural agricultural life of a community whose deep faith helped them endure the hardships of life on the frontier. After a railroad line was built through Bancroft to the south, the community lost some of its momentum, and agricultural difficulties led to its desertion by the end of the 1930s. Now a ghost town, 27 structures overlooking the beautiful Portneuf Valley near Bancroft are undergoing loving restoration by descendants of the early settlers and volunteers. In 1980, the community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Some buildings in the district are examples of the Greek Revival and Queen Anne architectural styles.