Historical Markers in Kamiah, Idaho

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Historical Markers in Kamiah, Idaho

1 ► Idaho, Idaho County, Kamiah — 309 — Asa Smith Mission — A Massachusetts Congregationalist, Smith spent two years here — learning the Nez Perce language and starting a mission —

Coming here May 10, 1839 to study with Lawyer, an important Nez Perce leader, he stayed to work on an Indian dictionary and to hold daily religious classes each spring and winter. After spending six months in a “mere hovel,” he finished . . . — — Map (db m109774) HM

2 ► Idaho, Idaho County, Kamiah — 310 — Long Camp — In 1806, Lewis and Clark waited six weeks — for snow to melt from the high ridges of the Lolo Trail east of here —

In May and June, they camped across the river from present-day Kamiah near the railroad bridge. With their Nez Perce friends, they hunted, traded and played games. They showed the Nez Perce “the power of magnetism, the spye glass, compass, . . . — — Map (db m109771) HM

3 ► Idaho, Lewis County, Kamiah — Lewis and Clark Route —

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

4 ► Idaho, Lewis County, Kamiah — Nez Perce National Historical Park —

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

5 ► Idaho, Lewis County, Kamiah — Trails at Heart of the Monster —

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

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