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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLR_sacajawea_Salmon-ID.html
The Indian woman who guided the Lewis and Clark Expedition through this territory in 1805, was born near this spot in 1786.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLF_first-irrigation-project_Salmon-ID.html
Arriving at the headwaters of Lemhi River, a company of Latter-Day Saint men who had been called to establish a mission among the Indians proceeded approximately 30 miles downstream, selected a site for a fort and a tract of farming land, On June …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLE_salmon-river-mission_Salmon-ID.html
On April 7, 1855, at the conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Pres. Brigham Young called 27 elders to found a mission among the Indians of the Salmon River Country, Oregon Territory, with Thomas S. Smith in charge. Travel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22LG_idaho-hermits_Salmon-ID.html
Living for more than 60 years in hand-built "dugouts" across the Salmon River from this site, Richard "Dugout Dick" Zimmerman (1916-2010) came to symbolize the Idaho hermit.
With colorful names like Buckskin Bill and Hank the Hermit, these men …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22L9_sacajawea_Salmon-ID.html
Born in the Lemhi River Valley around 1788, Sacajawea, an Agaidika Shoshone, was the only female member of the Lewis and Clark "Corps of Discovery". She joined the expedition at the Knife River Mandan Village in North Dakota and traveled to the Pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22JT_macdonalds-battle_Salmon-ID.html
Whooping and yelling, Blackfeet Indians and white trappers "fought like deamons" in the defile before you in 1823.
After the Hudson's Bay Company trappers burned the Indians out of a strong position by starting a large brush fire, the Blackfeet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22JS_lewis-and-clark_Salmon-ID.html
After crossing the Continental Divide southeast of here, Aug. 12, 1805, Lewis camped with a Shoshoni band near here, Aug. 13-14.
Lewis had to obtain Indian horses so his men could get from the upper Missouri to a navigable stream flowing to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22JR_sacajawea-memorial-area_Salmon-ID.html
Returned to her homeland in this valley in 1805 as an interpreter for Lewis and Clark when they explored these mountains.
When she was only about 14 years old, she had been captured by Indians in Montana, where her people were out hunting buffal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22JE_waters-flowing-to-the-pacific_Salmon-ID.html
Near this site, on August 20, 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition first contacted waters flowing to the Pacific assuring the success of their efforts and guaranteeing title to the Northwest for the United States of America. They camped here, obta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22GS_lewis-and-clark-which-way-did-they-go_Salmon-ID.html
Lewis and Clark fans love the sturdy the overland portion of the Trail in Montana and Idaho. There's little question about the route on the Missouri or Columbia rivers, but the mountains present challenges to explorers then and now.
The evidence…