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Camp at Ross Hole
On August 5, the Nez Perce traveled up Spring Gulch,...
Over the Continental Divide
Through the Valley: Stevensville to Skalkaho
Gibbon Enters the Bitterroot Valley
The Bitterroot Valley
Through the Valley: Carlton Creek to Stevensville
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Through the Bitterroot Valley: Lolo Creek to Carlton Creek
Lolo Creek to Carlton Creek
...Lolo Trail Barricade: "Fort Fizzle"
I had...
Fort Fizzle
(Montana Mile 28 US Highway 12)
Lolo Hot Springs
(Montana Mile 7.0 U.S. Highway 12)
Lolo Pass
(Mile 174.4 US Highway 12)
Retr...
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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.
Over the Continental Divide
Through the Valley: Stevensville to Skalkaho
Gibbon Enters the Bitterroot Valley
The Bitterroot Valley
During the first half of the 19th century, trappers, traders and missionaries came to the Bitterroot Valley. St. Mary’s Mission, built by Jesuits at Stevensville in 1841, was the first Roman Catholic mission in ...
Through the Valley: Carlton Creek to Stevensville
The Nez Perces were by far the finest looking tribe of Indians I have ever seen
– Henry Buck, Stevensville shopkeeper
The Nez Perce moved up the Bitterroot Valley in western ...
Through the Bitterroot Valley: Lolo Creek to Carlton Creek
Lolo Creek to Carlton Creek
After avoiding a major conflict on the Lolo Trail, the Nez Perce followed Lolo Creek to the Bitterroot River. Here they were joined by Poker Joe and several others increasing their numbers by twelve lodges. ...
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 ...
Lolo Hot Springs
(Montana Mile 7.0 U.S. Highway 12)
The Nimi'puu arrived at Lolo Hot Springs on July 25 well ahead of the Army. Two young men from Stevensville were here on a summer outing. They rushed home and spread the news the ...
Lolo Pass
(Mile 174.4 US Highway 12)
Retrace this and other historic routes and learn their stories by stopping in and viewing the exhibits at Lolo Pass Visitor Center and Rest Area. The site is easily accessed from U.S. Highway 12 at ...
