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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1Z_lewis-and-clark_Craigmont-ID.html
On May 27, 1806, Sgt. John Ordway and Pvts. Frazer and Weiser were dispatched from Camp Chopunnish (Kamiah) to Lewis' River (Snake River) to obtain salmon. Guided by Nez Perce Indians, the men crossed the Camas Prairie near here. On May 29, at a S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1X_craigmont_Craigmont-ID.html
Not long before Camas Prairie Railroad service reached here in 1908, rival towns were started on each side of the track. Vollmer began as a rail and business center on the east, and Ilo (an older town a mile away) moved to an adjacent site on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1W_craigmont_Craigmont-ID.html
Not long before Camas Prairie Railroad service reached here in 1908, rival towns were started on each side of the track. Vollmer began as a rail and business center on the east, and Ilo (an older town a mile away) moved to an adjacent site on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1V_lawyers-canyon_Craigmont-ID.html
Named for the Nez Perce Indian leader who served as Head Chief, 1848-1871, and who lived near the lower end of the canyon. Called "The Lawyer" by early fur traders for his exceptional talents in languages and oratory, he was a friend of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1N_railroad-trestles_Craigmont-ID.html
In order to cross Lawyer's Canyon and other Camas Prairie gorges, a series of high railroad bridges was (sic) built in 1908. This highway goes past two of them here. Most were timber, but a metal structure, 1500 feet long and 296 feet high, was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22PD_gold-rush-ferry_Nezperce-ID.html
An old ferry near here took thousands of eager fortune hunters to a trail that climbed out of this canyon to rich gold fields discovered at Pierce in 1860. You can still follow their spectacular route to Weippe Prairie, where in 1805 Lewis and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22P9_gold-rush-historic-byway_Nezperce-ID.html
You are nearing the junction of historic Highway 11, now designated as Gold Rush Historic Byway. Winding its way through spectacular scenery, it passes through the traditional homeland of the Nez Perce Indians on the Weippe Prairie and the Nation…
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