Pioneer Church Bell, Montpelier, Idaho - Bells on Waymarking.com

I traveled The Oregon Trail with an Elderhostel group from Kansas City/Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon June 13-28, 2007. On Friday, June 22, we traveled to Montpelier, Idaho.

After settling in our motel, I walked into town where I photographed and got coordinates for the Pioneer Church bell. The Pioneer Church was located 1/2 block east and 1/2 block north in 1864. The church was also used for school and community center. The bell called people together for many years.

I found the benchmark (NT0198) in the concrete base of World War Memorial in front of City Hall at Washington and Sixth Streets. I got a vanilla ice cream cone that was so cold it hurt to eat it. I took several more photographs including “Bank Robbers.”

On the afternoon of August 13, 1896, Butch Cassidy and two of his infamous Wild Bunch Gang--Elza Lay and Bob Meeks--invaded Montpelier’s bank and scooped up between $7,000 to $16,500 in gold, silver and currency. Leaving the surprised cashier and terrified customers, they calmly rode away up Montpelier canyon. I photographed the historical Idaho marker, the historical signboards and the signatures in the concrete sidewalk.

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