At the end of May, 2013, we camped at Rock Creek Station for
three nights so we could attend Rock Creek Station Days, a special event which
commemorates three American stories which all occurred at this location—the
Pony Express, the Oregon Trail, and the famous shooting by Wild Bill Hickock of
McCandless and his friends. We walked still-existing Oregon Trail ruts here,
rode in a covered wagon, ate buffalo stew, and watched a reenactment of the
Hickock shooting, the details of which remain a mystery since there were
conflicting contemporaneous reports of what actually happened. We chatted with
Civil War reenactors, one of whom was an expert in Civil War era medicine.
Other experts demonstrated crafts, such as making apple butter, biscuits, and
rope. We really enjoyed this brief camping getaway not far from home. The
campground is very nice.
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