History of Robber's Roost
 

       "Lime Rock" or "Robber's Roost:"  a hideout for bandits.
  • Lime Rock was a legendary place where Indians used it's deep shaft to communicate with native tribes across the river.
  • On the top side of Lime Rock  there is a deep natural shaft that drops 110 feet to a large cavern at it's bottom. 
  • After the Indians  were driven out by  the  49ers (Gold Miners), a band of outlaws known as the Gassaway Gang, used it as a hideout.
 
   Instead of Lime Rock it was later named Robber's Roost, a hideout for bandits during the days of the Mormon trail. A young man by the name of Brigham Young, (Ancestor of Steve Young of the 49ers)  led 70,000 people across Illinois, Utah, to Salt Lake City to escape from religious persecution they travel about 1,300 miles. The path that they traveled was later named Mormon trail. Robber's Roost  was used as a look out post for the bandits  to observe 49ers to take their precessions: like gold, silver, etc.
 
 
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