Historical Markers in Weippe, Idaho

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Historical Markers in Weippe, Idaho

1 ► Idaho, Clearwater County, Weippe — "Handsome Small Prairie" — Gold Rush Historic Byway — Adventure Into Idaho's Beginnings —

After the hardships of the mountain passage, the Weippe Prairie was a place of relief for the Corps of Discovery. The Nez Perce befriended them and renewed their hope of reaching the Pacific Ocean. "the pleasure I now felt in having tryumphed . . . — — Map (db m121438) HM

2 ► Idaho, Clearwater County, Weippe — Corps of Discovery — 1804 - 1806 — "A" Order Control Point —

The brass monument nearby is provided by the Idaho Society of Professional Land Surveyors to commemorated the "Lewis and Clark" Corps of Discovery campsite near Weippe Prairie, Idaho. Datum NAD 83 and NAVD88 Latitude N 46º21' 00" Latitude . . . — — Map (db m121581) HM

3 ► Idaho, Clearwater County, Weippe — First Contact Between Two Cultures —

I Set out early and proceeded ... to a Small Plain in which I found maney Indian lodges ... I met 3 Indian boys, when they saw me they ran and hid themselves. -- Capt. William Clark, September 20, 1805 After Lewis and Clark's Corps of . . . — — Map (db m121582) HM

4 ► Idaho, Clearwater County, Weippe — First Contact Between Two Cultures — Lewis and Clark Route —

In late September of 1805, three young Nez Perce spied several men dressed in strange clothes and hats coming from the ridge to the southeast. The boys hid, but the men discovered two of them in the area behind this sign. The boys led these men to . . . — — Map (db m232854) HM

5 ► Idaho, Clearwater County, Weippe — 261 — Lewis and Clark —

Journeying toward the Clearwater, 6 men under Clark met the Nez Perce Indians not far from here, September 20, 1805. Clark first saw 3 frightened Indian boys who hid in the grass. Finding two, he reassured them with small presents and "Sent . . . — — Map (db m121439) HM

6 ► Idaho, Clearwater County, Weippe — Weippe Prairie —

This marker was dedicated 1957 to commemorate the arrival of the Lewis and Clark Expedition at Weippe Prairie, Idaho, Sept. 23, 1805. Also to honor the memory of Dr. J.T. Moser who pioneered here in the 1890's and to honor the memory of his . . . — — Map (db m121440) HM

7 ► Idaho, Clearwater County, Weippe — Weippe Prairie —

Welcome to Weippe Prairie This has always been a traditional gathering place for the Nez Perce people where camas bulbs are harvested and baked each year. The blue flower of the camas lily grow so thick here in the spring time that from . . . — — Map (db m121610) HM

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