MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Question
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Soda Springs
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Fort Bridger
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Independence Rock
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Fort Boise
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Detailed explanation-1: -Soda Springs gets its name from the naturally carbonated water. The resulting increased pressure contributes to the number of springs and was the cause of the geyser."
Detailed explanation-2: -The world’s only captive geyser, it was discovered when drilling for a swimming pool nearly 80 years ago. It is now capped and controlled by a timer and it erupts every hour on the hour. The geyser reaches heights of 100 feet, 365 days a year.
Detailed explanation-3: -Natural Carbonated Water Soda Springs is also the home of the world’s largest man-made geyser. The geyser was created in 1937, after engineers unintentionally drilled into a carbonated spring-shooting water 100 feet into the sky. Today, the geyser has been programmed to shoot water into the air once every hour.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1870, LDS Church President Brigham Young established what is present-day Soda Springs just east of Connor’s location. In the early 1870s, the Mormon settlers built a cabin to be a summer home for President Young at the site he established.