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Howard's Strategy at Snowline
On August 17 near Snowline, fearing the Nez Perce mi...
Big Hole Battlefield to Skinner Meadows
Gibbon Attacks
On August 9th, the dawn’s silence was shattered when...
Gibbon at Ross Hole
Camp at Ross Hole
On August 5, the Nez Perce traveled up Spring Gulch,...
Powell Ranger Station
(Mile 162 Miles Highway 12)
Tur...
Clearwater Battle
(Mile 21.2 Idaho State Highway 13)
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Howard's Strategy at Snowline
On August 17 near Snowline, fearing the Nez Perce might escape back into Montana, Howard sent 40 cavalrymen under the command of First Lieutenant George R. Bacon and several Bannock scouts under the command of Orlando "Rube" Robbins to proceed ...
Big Hole Battlefield to Skinner Meadows
"A Rifle Shot At First Light"
“That night the warriors paraded about camp, singing, ...
Gibbon Attacks
On August 9th, the dawn’s silence was shattered when Colonel Gibbon’s 7th Infantry and Captain John Catlin’s Bitterroot volunteers attacked the unsuspecting, sleeping Nez Perce at their camp beside the North Fork Big Hole River. Today this is part of ...
Gibbon at Ross Hole
All right, Looking Glass, you are one of the chiefs! I have no wife, no children ...
Camp at Ross Hole
On August 5, the Nez Perce traveled up Spring Gulch, across Low Saddle on the north side of Sula Peak, dropped down into Ross Hole and camped near present-day Indian Trees Campground before crossing the Continental Divide.
Powell Ranger Station
(Mile 162 Miles Highway 12)
Turn off US Highway 12 and drive to the Powell Ranger Station.This area was a traditional fishing spot visited by many Nez Perce on their seasonal rounds. Fishermen used tree limbs as gaff poles and ...
Clearwater Battle
(Mile 21.2 Idaho State Highway 13)
As you drive along the US Highway 12, venture to the second battle site known as the Clearwater Battlefield . Take the Idaho Highway 13 exit. Drive through the towns of Kooksia and Stites. ...
Clearwater Battlefield, Idaho
By July 7, five “non-treaty” bands had gathered at this site near the South Fork of the Clearwater along Cottonwood Creek: Chief Looking Glass’s Band, Chief Joseph’s Wallowa Band,Husishusis ...
MHHM-41 Rocky Mountain Laboratory
US 93, Mile Post 48, at Hamilton
In earlier, days, Rocky Mountain spotted fever was a dreaded malady in the West. The first case of spotted fever was recorded in ten Bitterroot Valley in 1873. Neither cause nor cure ...
The Alamo: National Historic Landmark
The Alamo is perhaps the most visited historic site in Texas. Between February 26 and March 6, 1836, the Alamo was the site of the iconic “last stand” of Texas settlers, led by their commanders James Bowie and William B. ...