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Lewiston, Idaho
In 1860, gold was discovered in Pierce, sixty miles east o...
Side Trip: Wallowa, Oregon
Tensions between settlers and Nez Perce ran highest when t...
Side Trip: Lostine, Oregon
At the confluence of the Lostine and Wallowa Rivers, ...
Buckhorn Lookout, Oregon
*Rugged Travel: roads recommended for hi...
Indian Village Grove, Oregon
*Adventurous Travel: roads not recommend...
Old Chief Jospeh Memorial
This is a national hist...
MHHM-37 Lewis and Clark in Salish Territory
US 93, MP 82, south of Lolo
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MHHM-38 The Bitterroot Valley, Homeland of the Selis
US 93, Mile Post 82, South of Lolo
<...MHHM-40 Salish Removal
US 93, Mile Post 67, Stevensville Junction
MHHM-41 Rocky Mountain Laboratory
US 93, Mile Post 48, at Hamilton
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Lewiston, Idaho
In 1860, gold was discovered in Pierce, sixty miles east of here, setting the stage for white encroachment in the area. In 1862, the town of Lewiston sprang up at the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake Rivers as a ...
Side Trip: Wallowa, Oregon
Tensions between settlers and Nez Perce ran highest when the Joseph band came to their summer camp at Indian Town near Wallowa. The first council between the two sides was held on August 14, 1872 near where the Lostine and ...
Side Trip: Lostine, Oregon
At the confluence of the Lostine and Wallowa Rivers, the Lostine area has long provided campsites for the Nez Perce.
Gold
In 1860, prospectors encroaching on Nez Perce lands struck gold. ...
Buckhorn Lookout, Oregon
*Rugged Travel: roads recommended for high clearance, four wheel drive vehicles only; usually passable from July to October*
Click on the photo above to see magnificent views of the traditional Nez Perce homelands of the Wallowa area bands, in the ...
Indian Village Grove, Oregon
*Adventurous Travel: roads not recommended for motor homes or vehicles towing trailers; usually passable from July to October*
A half-mile walking trail leads through a grove of ponderosa pines to a former Nez Perce spring camp. Many of the trees ...
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-37 Lewis and Clark in Salish Territory
US 93, MP 82, south of Lolo
The Lewis and Clark Expedition camped near here September 9 through 11, 1805, while traveling through the ancient territory of the Salish and Pend d’Oreille people. Since time immemorial, the tribes have ...
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 ...
MHHM-40 Salish Removal
US 93, Mile Post 67, Stevensville Junction
In the Hellgate Treaty negotiations (1855), Xw Etxcin (Plenty Horses or Chief Victor) and the Selis people rebuffed efforts of US officials to get them to abandon the choice lands of their ...
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 ...
