On U.S. 95 at milepost 272 near Business U.S. 95, on the right when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m121214) HM
On Railroad Avenue at East Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Railroad Avenue.
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 . . . — — Map (db m121217) HM
On U.S. 95 at milepost 268 near Evergreen Road, on the left when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m121212) HM
On U.S. 95 at milepost 268 near Evergreen Road when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m121213) HM
On U.S. 95 at milepost 268 near Evergreen Road, on the left when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m121210) HM
On U.S. 12, 1.5 miles south of State Highway 11, on the right when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m109756) HM
On U.S. 12, 0.5 miles west of Dyche Road, on the left when traveling west.
The Lolo Trail winds its way along ridges of the Bitterroot Mountains from the Weippe Prairie in Idaho to the Bitterroot Valley at Lolo Montana.
This ancient travel route had served as a “Land Bridge” for a continental trade system used . . . — — Map (db m109776) HM
On U.S. 12, 0.3 miles north of Corbett Lane, on the left when traveling west.
This park links a series of widely separated sites of deep significance to the Nez Perce – historic villages, battlefields, and legend sites.
The park experience involves a journey across both time and territory.
Although firmly . . . — — Map (db m109994) HM
On U.S. 12, 0.3 miles north of Corbett Lane, on the left when traveling west.
A short walk leads to
ilcwe-wcixnim timine the Heart of the Monster, the Place of Beginning for the
nimi-pu, the Nez Perce people.
Like other sites in the valley that are significant to the Nez Perce, the Heart is a distinctive . . . — — Map (db m109995) HM
On State Highway 162 near Yellow Bird Road, on the right when traveling west.
Most of Camas Prairie's wind blown soil rests upon Columbia River lava flows. Coming from a series of widespread eruptions, they covered older, eroded granite rocks here some 6 to 17 million years ago.
Some earlier volcanic extrusions, . . . — — Map (db m140897) HM
On Oak Street (State Highway 162) at 6th Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Oak Street.
On their eastbound journey, the Corps of Discovery and several Nez Perce reached the Nezperce Prairie from present-day Peck on May 8, 1806, and camped on "a Small hansom Stream".
On May 9 the party arrived at the root-digging camp of . . . — — Map (db m140898) HM
On U.S. 95 at milepost 286, on the left when traveling north.
Seven tunnels - one a horseshoe more than a quater mile long -- had to be blasted in this canyon so that a railroad could be completed to Grangeville in 1908. Building a railroad up this canyon was exceptionally difficult and expensive. . . . — — Map (db m121219) HM
