usuSCA-FOLK029a_Bear River Heritage Area Historic Barn Survey

Junior and Sherrie Goring are the owners of the historic Hampton Ford barn in Collinston, Utah. This barn was the point of crossing the Bear River to continue on the California and Oregon trails. Sherrie and her first husband Herb Hammond bought the property from the Biglers, and when Herb was killed in a plane crash and she married Junior, they opened up a restaurant at the historic home on the site. Junior shares a few details about this history around the kitchen table at his home in Deweyville. Sherrie is in the room but only briefly. The Hampton Ford Station was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The original part being built in 1866 makes the barn 137 years old at the time of this research.

Junior and Sherrie Goring are the owners of the historic Hampton Ford barn in Collinston, Utah. This barn was the point of crossing the Bear River to continue on the California and Oregon trails. Sherrie and her first husband Herb Hammond bought the property from the Bigler's, and when Herb was killed in a plane crash and she married Junior, they opened up a restaurant at the historic home on the site. Junior shares a few details about this history around the kitchen table at his home in Deweyville. Sherrie is in the room but only briefly. The Hampton Ford Station was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The original part being built in 1866 makes the barn 137 years old at the time of this research.