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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BYI_big-hole-valley_Wisdom-MT.html
Across the valley is the Continental Divide and the beautiful Bitterroot Mountains. The famous Big Hole River winds through the valley that is noted for abundant hay, fine cattle and horses, great hunting and fishing, beautiful scenery and friendl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BO7_big-hole-national-battlefield-monument-a-war-memorial_Wisdom-MT.html
(Inscriptions are found on three sides of this monument.)
On This Field
17 officers and 133 enlisted men of
the 7th U.S. Infantry
under its Colonel
Bvt. Major General John Gibbon with 8 other
soldiers and 36 citizens
surprised a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BMT_a-perfect-place-to-rest_Wisdom-MT.html
Pursued by the U.S. Army since June 1877, approximately 800 Nez Perce (nimi · pu · ) men, women, and children traveled over the Bitterroot Mountains and camped here in the Big Hole Valley. Thinking there was no immediate pursuit by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BMK_brave-warriors_Wisdom-MT.html
To the
everlasting
Memory of the
Brave Warriors of
Chief Joseph's Band
who fought on
these grounds
in the
Nez Perce War
of 1877
In Memory of
the Indians, Infants,
Children, Women
and Old Men
who were wounded
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BMI_siege-site_Wisdom-MT.html
In front of you on the morning of August 9, 1877, you would have seen soldiers and Montana volunteers pass by as they began to deploy for the coming attack on the Nez Perce encampment just through the trees.
Following the army's surprise attack…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BME_natural-travel-corridor_Wisdom-MT.html
(Three panels make up this informational marker:)
Natural Travel Corridor
Clark's 1806 Route
Captain Clark and his party found great quantities of camas just beginning to bloom when they passed here on Sunday July 6, 1806. As they lef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BMD_battlefield-landscape_Wisdom-MT.html
From this vantage point you can visualize the general progress of the Battle of the Big Hole, but at a distance from the fear and chaos of its hand-to-hand combat. The landscape has changed little since the morning of August 9, 1877. This lush riv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BMC_a-story-of-fires-to-be-continued_Wisdom-MT.html
"on each side of those glades the timber is small and great proportions of it killed by the fires" - William Clark, July 8 1806
Two hundred years ago William Clark saw a forest of young trees, many killed by fire. Very open stands of trees were …