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Cooke City, Montana
September 7, 1877 - General Howard passes Cook...
Side Trip: LaDuke Picnic Area, Montana
August 31, 1877 - Nez Perce and military clash...
Side Trip: Blacktail Deer Creek, Wyoming
Emma, Frank, and Ida Cowan were escorted out of the Park b...
Canyon Junction, Wyoming
September 3, 1877 - The army was running low o...
Otter Creek, Wyoming
August 26, 1877 - Tourists from Helena camped ...
Mud Volcano, Wyoming
August 25, 1877 - Nez Perce camp...
Nez Perce Ford, Wyoming
August 25 - James...
Side Trip: Indian Pond and Pelican Creek, Wyoming
August 26 - Nez Perce camp at Indian Pond...
Nez Perce Trail / Mary Mountain Trail, Wyoming
August 25, 1877 - Violence erupts
Nez Perce Creek, Wyoming
August 23, 1877 - The capture of John Shively<...
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Cooke City, Montana
September 7, 1877 - General Howard passes Cooke City
“The soldiers fixed up the Baro nett bridge, burned by a war-party, and marched on up Soda Butte Creek and passed Cooke City, where several pioneer miners volunteered to ...
Side Trip: LaDuke Picnic Area, Montana
August 31, 1877 - Nez Perce and military clash at Henderson ranch
“The Indians came up behind the house, got the horses out of the corral, set fire to the house, and went back to join ...
Side Trip: Blacktail Deer Creek, Wyoming
Emma, Frank, and Ida Cowan were escorted out of the Park by Lieutenant Schofield’s detachment, and traveled home by way of Bozeman, Montana. All nine of the Radersburg tourists had survived their encounter with the Nez Perce. However, they did ...
Canyon Junction, Wyoming
September 3, 1877 - The army was running low on supplies.
“On the Yellowstone the army ran out of tobacco and most everything else, and filled up on lake trout without salt. These fat fish were ...
Otter Creek, Wyoming
August 26, 1877 - Tourists from Helena camped near here
As the three released Radersburg tourists traveled by here on August 26, they were unaware of the ten men from Helena camped just a short distance away. The day before, ...
Mud Volcano, Wyoming
August 25, 1877 - Nez Perce camp
Sept. 1, 1877 - General Howard camps on the Yellowstone River
After fording the Yellowstone River, the main band of Nez Perce camped near the river. It is known through several oral histories ...
Nez Perce Ford, Wyoming
August 25 - James C. Irwin is captured
"During the forenoon the Indians had captured a soldier . He told them of the Helena tourists camped near the Falls, the number of the men ...
Side Trip: Indian Pond and Pelican Creek, Wyoming
August 26 - Nez Perce camp at Indian Pond
The main band of Nez Perce camped another night around Indian Pond, just north of Yellowstone Lake. Oral histories recount how there were so many traveling in this group that many ...
Nez Perce Trail / Mary Mountain Trail, Wyoming
August 25, 1877 - Violence erupts
The relationship between the Nez Perce and the Radersburg tourists became increasingly contentious as some of the younger warriors angered and grief-stricken by the unwarranted assaults on their people sought revenge. Shots were fired ...
Nez Perce Creek, Wyoming
August 23, 1877 - The capture of John Shively
From their camp near present-day Madison junction, the main band of Nez Perce moved south along the Firehole River and then continued east over the Central Plateau following Nez Perce Creek. ...
