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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/HM22JB_lewis-and-clark-the-first-idaho-camp_Lemhi-ID.html
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 foo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22JA_lemhi-shoshone-winter-camps_Lemhi-ID.html
Cameahwait's band of 400 Lemhi Shoshone dried berries, seeds, roots, and salmon in summer, but it was not enough. To survive the long winter, they would need about fifteen tons of bison jerky. The fall bison hunt in Montana was risky because enemi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22J9_plants-new-to-science_Lemhi-ID.html
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Meriwether Lewis identified, described and collected plants that were new to science and observed how the Shoshone used local plants. These species can be found in this area:
· Syringa or Mock Or…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22IH_the-red-rock-stage_Tendoy-ID.html
The Red Rock Stage travelled this route between Salmon, ID, and Red Rock, MT from 1866 to 1910. It ran 125 miles daily, year-round, involving 90 horses, 14 Concord Coaches, and 12 wagons. Several holdups occurred near here, and it was not unusual …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22I8_agency-creek_Tendoy-ID.html
First Taste of the Columbia
"we proceeded on to the top of the dividing ridge from which I discovered immence ranges of high mountains still to the West of us with their tops partially covered with snow. I now decended the mountain about 3/4…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22I7_lemhi-pass_Tendoy-ID.html
Who passed this way?
In August of 1805 members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Shoshone Indians crossed Lemhi Pass six time in 15 days.
· Monday, the 12th —- Lewis, McNeal, Drouillard & Shields —- headed west …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22I5_first-idaho-campsite_Tendoy-ID.html
On Monday August 12, 1805, Lewis,with three men as an advance party, crossed the Lemhi Pass and spent their first night in Idaho near this spot. Lewis wrote, "...after a short halt of a few minutes we continued our march along the Indian road whic…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22G8_lewis-learns-from-the-lemhi-shoshone_Salmon-ID.html
At the Lemhi Shoshone camp Lewis learned of the danger and hunger that threatened the tribe. He asked the chief about routes west, but Cameahwait's descriptions were discouraging: rocky rivers, deep canyons, terrible mountains.
Lewis proposed a…