Pierce Courthouse

Pierce Courthouse (HM2AA5)

Location: Pierce, ID 83546 Clearwater County
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Country: United States of America
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N 46° 29.406', W 115° 47.886'

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When the courthouse was built in 1862, Pierce was a boomtown. Gold discovered in the nearby hills was attracting thousands of miners. There was one catch: they were all trespassing on Nez Perce land.
The government solution was to draw up a new treaty, reducing in size the Nez Perce reservation by 90 percent, placing Pierce and the gold veins outside reservation boundaries. The gold was exhausted in a few years, but the Treaty of 1863 had a catastrophic and lasting impact on the Nez Perce people. The courthouse is significant not for what occurred within its walls but for what it symbolizes.
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HM NumberHM2AA5
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Placed ByNez Perce National Historical Park
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Date Added Sunday, August 12th, 2018 at 1:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 592240 N 5149205
Decimal Degrees46.49010000, -115.79810000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 29.406', W 115° 47.886'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 29' 24.36" N, 115° 47' 53.16" W
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Area Code(s)208
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 112 Court St, Pierce ID 83546, US
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