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 trading and supply depot for the mines within the Nez Perce Reservation.
Although the fleeing non–treaty Nez Perce never came closer than 40 miles of Lewiston, the settlers were apprehensive during the summer of 1877. People in the Pullman-Moscow area, 30 miles north of here, built stockades believing they were on the brink of an Indian uprising.
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