Montpelier Historical Society.

In May of 1991 the Bear Lake County Historical Society was founded by the Bear Lake County Commissioner's, Ordinance 91-01, according to the wishes of Commissioner Ron Law and DUP County Pres. Lois Lee Hulme for the purpose of creating a museum to hold relics and artifacts for the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, as well as to begin collections of local railroad memorabilia, histories and artifacts. A board of directors headed first by Hulme and later by Bear Lake Valley residents, Allene Daines, Ruth Nelson, John Cook and Sherry Brown. In 1998 the historical society's museum, named the Rails and Trails Museum, eventually moved from its original location in the old Burgoyne Hotel to the lower floor of the National Oregon/California Trail Center. There it works in a separate, but complimentary function to the trail center and is open Monday through Saturday, from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Source: Updated January 9, 2004 by BLCHS Pres. Sherry Brown and former board member, Rosa Moosman, using original BLCHS documents.

From the guide to the Montpelier Historical Society archives, 1811-1956, 1875-1956, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives)