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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ADH_indian-agents-residence_Lapwai-ID.html
The Indian Agent, representing the United States Government, lived here side by side with the Nez Perce. By law the agent and the government were responsible for upholding the terms of treaties. Duties included building schools, distributing food,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ADG_coming-of-the-railroad_Lapwai-ID.html
This small train stop linked the Nez Perce with the cities of Lewiston, Idaho, and Spokane, Washington. Running directly through the reservation, the rails also opened this area to a wave of farmers and loggers who made striking changes to Nez Per…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ADE_watsons-store_Lapwai-ID.html
Watson's store was typical of country stores that served small communities on the Nez Perce reservation in the early 1900s. The inventory included groceries and hardware, yet Watson's also had stocks of beads for decorative work and canvas for tip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ADC_spaldings-presbyterian-church_Lapwai-ID.html
Inspired by Henry and Eliza Spalding's missionary zeal, this church held its first service in 1876. A number of Nez Perce embraced Spalding's religion. Soon there were Nez Perce ministers, hymns in the Nez Perce language, and Indian blankets and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACT_spaldings-gristmill-canals_Lapwai-ID.html
Father had a small grist mill near the house — a great improvement over their (the Nez Perce) mortars and pestles. —- Eliza Spalding Warren
To power the gristmill that stood at this site, Henry Spalding directed some Nez Perce to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ABH_bredell-family-cemetery_Lapwai-ID.html
Here the resting place for three generations of Bredells overlooks the river terrace where they lived from 1861 to 1927. The cemetery's location next to a parking lot may appear unusual, but the Bredell family was part of a thriving Nez Perce comm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ABG_nez-perce-village-site_Lapwai-ID.html
The river terrace below had the ingredients for a thriving village site: fresh water, a river full of fish, and a stream corridor filled with wildlife. For thousands of years the Nez Perce lived a life of bounty here. Then within a 50-year span th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ABF_lapwai-mission-cemetery_Lapwai-ID.html
Generations of Nez Perce people are buried here, as well as Henry and Eliza Spalding and other missionaries and agents. To the Nez Perce this is sacred ground — part of their connection to a traditional homeland. This is still an active ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AB9_rev-henry-harmon-spalding_Lapwai-ID.html
In Memoriam
Rev. Henry Harmon Spalding
1803 - 1874
and his wife
Eliza Hart Spalding
1808 - 1851
Pioneers, Missionaries, Founders of
Industry
Education
Religion
and Christian Citizenship
among the
Nez Perce Indi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AAY_lapwai-mission_Lapwai-ID.html
Henry Harmon Spalding established Idaho's earliest mission near here, Nov. 29, 1836, at a site chosen by the Nez Perce Indians.
Ever since they met Lewis and Clark in 1805-6, the Nez Perce had wanted to find out more about the white mans ways. …