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Meeting With Chief Tendoy
After crossing Bannock Pass, the Nez Perce moved down C...
Big Hole Battlefield to Skinner Meadows
Lolo Trail Barricade: "Fort Fizzle"
I had...
Fort Fizzle
(Montana Mile 28 US Highway 12)
Heart of the Monster
Dunwell's Ferry
(Mile 52 US Highway 12)
Gold Ru...
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Meeting With Chief Tendoy
After crossing Bannock Pass, the Nez Perce moved down Cruickshank Canyon to the mouth of Timber Creek. At the small town of Junction (two miles east of Leadore) locals awaited them behind a small, hastily constructed stockade. Here, Chiefs White ...
Big Hole Battlefield to Skinner Meadows
"A Rifle Shot At First Light"
“That night the warriors paraded about camp, singing, ...
Lolo Trail Barricade: "Fort Fizzle"
I had a talk with Chief’s Joseph, White Bird and Looking
Glass, who proposed if allowed to pass unmolested, to march peaceably through the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana.
– Captain Rawn, 7th Infantry
To block the ...
Fort Fizzle
(Montana Mile 28 US Highway 12)
It was here Captain Rawn received word the Nez Perce were coming down the Lolo Trail into the Bitterroot Valley. He was to stop the Nez Perce with a military barricade. As the Nez ...
Heart of the Monster
Dunwell's Ferry
(Mile 52 US Highway 12)
Gold Rush Ferry- In 1877 Dunwell's Ferry was located at present-day Greer, Idaho. General Howard had originally planned to have a detachment of volunteers cross here, go to Weippe, and squeeze the Nez Perce between ...
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 ...
Fort Lapwai, Idaho
In 1863, U.S. Army troops were assigned to the Lapwai Valley in response to the gold rush. The fort they built was in use from 1863-1885. It was here that ...
Old Chief Jospeh Memorial
This is a national historic landmark and sacred site dedicated toTiwiteq'is, Old Chief Joseph. He is referred to as Old Joseph to distinguish him from his son, Chief Joseph (Hinmatooyalahtqitphoto_library
MHHM-38 The Bitterroot Valley, Homeland of the Selis
US 93, Mile Post 82, South of Lolo
Since Coyote first prepared this place for human beings, the Bitterroot Valley has been the homeland of Salish-speaking peoples of western Montana-the Qlispe (Kalispell or Pend d’Oreille) and the closely-related Selis ...
