Lewis and Clark: The First Idaho Camp

Lewis and Clark: The First Idaho Camp (HM22JB)

Location: Lemhi, ID 83465 Lemhi County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 56.978', W 113° 33.5'

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Captain Meriwether, interpreter George Drouillard, and privates Hugh McNeal and John Shields crossed Lemhi Pass on the afternoon of August 12, 1805. The Indian road they were traveling climbed north out of the narrow Agency Creek Canyon at the foot of the pass. At a spring along the road this "advance party" found enough "dry willow brush" for McNeal, their cook, to boil up a well-traveled piece of salt pork for supper.
"Very early" the next morning the four men walked west toward the Lemhi Valley and their historic meeting with Lemhi Shoshone.

"We continued our march along the Indian road which led us over steep hills and deep hollows to a spring... here we encamped for the night having traveled about 20 miles." - Meriwether Lewis, August 12, 1805
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HM NumberHM22JB
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Placed ByBureau of Land Management
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Date Added Saturday, November 4th, 2017 at 10:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 298187 N 4980539
Decimal Degrees44.94963333, -113.55833333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 56.978', W 113° 33.5'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 56' 58.68" N, 113° 33' 30" W
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Area Code(s)208
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 508 Agency Creek Rd, Lemhi ID 83465, US
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