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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)
Packer Meadows
1.5 Miles east of Lolo Pass Visitor Center on Forest...
Powell Ranger Station
(Mile 162 Miles Highway 12)
Tur...
Clearwater Battle
(Mile 21.2 Idaho State Highway 13)
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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 ...
Packer Meadows
1.5 Miles east of Lolo Pass Visitor Center on Forest Road 373
These meadows, as well as other favored gathering sites including the Weippe Prairie, Musselshell Meadows, the Camas Prairie, and the Big Hole Valley, were prime sources for one ...
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. ...
