Herman and Lucy Stricker, pioneers of Old Rock Creek, built an oasis in a sagebrush desert where all could find supplies and help when needed. Ben Holladay located a stage station here in 1864, and the next year the store was built. Herman Stricker purchased it in 1875. As a focal point in the area's early history, it was a place where covered wagon trains, huge freighters, stagecoaches, Indians, miners, and cowboys were familiar sights. The Stricker home was built in 1900 after fires destroyed the first home. The Stricker heirs deeded the home and store site to the Idaho Historical Society in 1984.