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Bannock, North Paiute and Cayuse Indians, were frequent frequent were Indians, Cayuse and Paiute North Bannock, easier by the fact that the Lemhi chief Cameawait Cameawait chief Lemhi the that fact the by easier

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of Indians. Other tribes, including the , Shoshone, the including tribes, Other Indians. Perce Nez of for horses to continue their trek; negotiations made made negotiations trek; their continue to horses for

statues sitting beneath the bowl. Sculpture by J. Shirley Shirley J. by Sculpture bowl. the beneath sitting statues

surrounding area was the home of Chief Joseph’s band band Joseph’s Chief of home the was area surrounding did not exist. The men traded with Lemhi-Shoshone Lemhi-Shoshone with traded men The exist. not did

Sacajawea Bronze is protected by four bronze coyote bronze four by protected is Bronze Sacajawea

rift that separates from neighboring . The The Oregon. neighboring from Idaho separates that rift Columbia, it soon became apparent such a passage passage a such apparent became soon it Columbia,

Pioneer Park is the oldest park in Lewiston. The The Lewiston. in park oldest the is Park Pioneer

Byway winds its way along the east side of this massive massive this of side east the along way its winds Byway attempted to nd a safe water passage to the the to passage water safe a nd to attempted

Lewiston, Pioneer Park 203 5th Street. Street. 5th 203 Park Pioneer Lewiston,

Hells Canyon Scenic Byway Scenic Canyon Hells The Hells Canyon Scenic Scenic Canyon Hells The – – explorer's courage. While the Discovery of Corps the While courage. explorer's

Sacajawea Fountain Sacajawea

upon ranges of mountains that surely daunted the the daunted surely that mountains of ranges upon

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of the entire journey. At , Lewis gazed gazed Lewis Pass, Lemhi At journey. entire the of

Sculpture by Bill Kranstover and Adrian Prazten. Adrian and Kranstover Bill by Sculpture

the crest of Lemhi Pass in 1805. in Pass Lemhi of crest the

1806; including some of the most arduous traveling traveling arduous most the of some including 1806;

the Center offers the loan of leashes, while on the trails. trails. the on while leashes, of loan the offers Center the

same today as when the famous explorers journeyed to to journeyed explorers famous the when as today same

The Corps spent 105 days in Idaho during 1805 and and 1805 during Idaho in days 105 spent Corps The

allowed on site with a leash; for visitor's who forget, forget, who visitor's for leash; a with site on allowed meadows and rolling, jade-colored hills look much the the much look hills jade-colored rolling, and meadows

Interpretive, Cultural, and Education Center. Dogs are are Dogs Center. Education and Cultural, Interpretive,

Northwest. Stands of r and pine trees, high-mountain high-mountain trees, pine and r of Stands Northwest.

foot into what is now Idaho. now is what into foot

located in the 71 acre park at the The Sacajawea Sacajawea The the at park acre 71 the in located

continental waters; beginning the discovery of the Paci c Paci c the of discovery the beginning waters; continental

the continental divide at Lemhi Pass and stepped stepped and Pass Lemhi at divide continental the Idaho for the last time near Lolo Pass. Lolo near time last the for Idaho

Dedicated in 2005, Seaman the life-size bronze is is bronze life-size the Seaman 2005, in Dedicated

and stood high on a ridge line that divides divides that line ridge a on high stood Clark William and

1805, Lewis, leading an advance party, reached reached party, advance an leading Lewis, 1805, "we bid adieu to the snow," the Corps of Discovery left left Discovery of Corps the snow," the to adieu bid "we

Lewis & Clark Back Country Byway Country Back Clark & Lewis Lewis Meriwether – –

Salmon, 200 Main Street. Main 200 Salmon,

from Wood , in 1804. On August 12, 12, August On 1804. in , Wood from through the snow. On June 29, 1806, with the notation notation the with 1806, 29, June On snow. the through

The Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural, and Education Center, Center, Education and Cultural, Interpretive, Sacajawea The

commerce". The Corps of Discovery departed departed Discovery of Corps The commerce".

ability to follow the trail that only occasionally appeared appeared occasionally only that trail the follow to ability

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Seaman, Lewis’ Newfoundland Dog Newfoundland Lewis’ Seaman,

tion across this continent, for the purposes of of purposes the for continent, this across tion

led the way, amazing the captains with their uncanny uncanny their with captains the amazing way, the led historic city of Salmon. of city historic

"the most direct and practicable water communica- water practicable and direct most "the

the headwaters of the . Several young Nez Perce Perce Nez young Several Missouri. the of headwaters the

through the Salmon-Challis National Forest through the the through Forest National Salmon-Challis the through Sculpture by Agnes Vincen & Steve Talbot. Steve & Vincen Agnes by Sculpture

sioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to nd nd to Clark William and Lewis Meriwether sioned

mountain snow melted enough to allow passage back to to back passage allow to enough melted snow mountain

Salmon River – also called the River of No Return – – Return No of River the called also – River Salmon the Lewis & Clark bicentennial. bicentennial. Clark & Lewis the of honor in created

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n 1803, President commis- Jefferson Thomas President 1803, n

remembered in tribal oral accounts. Finally, the deep deep the Finally, accounts. oral tribal in remembered

ration of the West two centuries ago. The route follows the the follows route The ago. centuries two West the of ration The bronze statue of Sacajawea and her baby was was baby her and Sacajawea of statue bronze The

time of healing, of learning and of games that is still still is that games of and learning of healing, of time

vantage point has changed little since that famous explo- famous that since little changed has point vantage

Salmon, 200 Main Street. Main 200 Salmon,

The nearly four weeks spent among the Nez Perce was a a was Perce Nez the among spent weeks four nearly The

came this way in 1805, and the spectacular view from this this from view spectacular the and 1805, in way this came

The Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural, and Education Center, Center, Education and Cultural, Interpretive, Sacajawea The

winter encampments at Fort and . Clatsop. Fort and Mandan Fort at encampments winter

at the (elevation 6,995 feet). Lewis & Clark Clark & Lewis feet). 6,995 (elevation Pass Trail Lost the at

Idaho Historical Museum in Boise, 610 Julia Davis Dr. Davis Julia 610 Boise, in Museum Historical Idaho

other location during the journey, other than the two two the than other journey, the during location other

Salmon River Scenic Byway begins on the border border Montana the on begins Byway Scenic River Salmon

Sacajawea & Pomp & Sacajawea

Corps encamped at Kamiah and stayed longer than any any than longer stayed and Kamiah at encamped Corps Salmon River Scenic Byway Scenic River Salmon The northern end of the the of end northern The – –

the too covered with snow to pass. The The pass. to snow with covered too Bitterroots the

Lewis in his journals. Sculpture by Agnes Vincen Talbot. Vincen Agnes by Sculpture journals. his in Lewis

http://www.idahobyways.gov/byways/sacajewea.aspx encampment, the Corps left early for Idaho only to nd nd to only Idaho for early left Corps the encampment,

monument. The gardens feature plants described by by described plants feature gardens The monument.

historical legacies of Idaho and beyond. beyond. and Idaho of legacies historical Depressed by incessant rain at Fort Clasop, their winter winter their Clasop, Fort at rain incessant by Depressed

Clark Native Plant Garden and the Sacajawea bronze bronze Sacajawea the and Garden Plant Native Clark

wealth of engaging stories; many of them considered considered them of many stories; engaging of wealth

The Idaho Botanical Gardens is home of the Lewis & & Lewis the of home is Gardens Botanical Idaho The

passage through the high country of offers a a offers Idaho eastern of country high the through passage Columbia . Columbia

Idaho Botanical Gardens, Boise, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road. Road. Penitentiary Old 2355 Boise, Gardens, Botanical Idaho

she was born and raised until the age of twelve. This This twelve. of age the until raised and born was she continue their journey down the Clearwater, Snake and and Snake Clearwater, the down journey their continue

Sacajawea Monument Sacajawea

however, is her historical tie to Idaho's Lemhi Valley, where where Valley, Lemhi Idaho's to tie historical her is however, making the dugouts that the Corps would use to to use would Corps the that dugouts the making

Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery. A lesser-known fact; fact; lesser-known A Discovery. of Corps Clark & Lewis and at Canoe Camp near Oro no, they assisted in in assisted they Oro no, near Camp Canoe at and

Nez Perce Tribe. Perce Nez

world as a trusted and valuable member of the famed famed the of member valuable and trusted a as world . The Nez Perce befriended and fed the Corps, Corps, the fed and befriended Perce Nez .

of trade. Sculpture by Doug Hyde, a descendant of the the of descendant a Hyde, Doug by Sculpture trade. of

Shoshone woman born around 1788, is known around the the around known is 1788, around born woman Shoshone before encountering Nez Perce Indians on the Weippe Weippe the on Indians Perce Nez encountering before

Hair's young son Lawyer is enthralled by the elements elements the by enthralled is Lawyer son young Hair's

Sacajawea Historic Byway Historic Sacajawea – Sacajawea, an "Agaidika" "Agaidika" an Sacajawea, – expedition members and they faced near starvation starvation near faced they and members expedition

Nez Perce tribal chief: Twisted Hair. At their feet, Twisted Twisted feet, their At Hair. Twisted chief: tribal Perce Nez

passage through the Bitterroots tried the stamina of the the of stamina the tried Bitterroots the through passage

The statue depicts Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and and Clark, William Lewis, Meriwether depicts statue The

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once again into Idaho near Lolo Pass. The snowy snowy The Pass. Lolo near Idaho into again once

Boise, 304 N 8th St. Lewiston, along 8th Street 8th along Lewiston, St. 8th N 304 Boise, through the ancestral homeland of the Nez Perce people. people. Perce Nez the of homeland ancestral the through

Montana and into the mountains, emerging emerging mountains, Bitterroot the into and Montana

across north-central Idaho, follows the explorers' route route explorers' the follows Idaho, north-central across Hospitality of Nez Perce Nez of Hospitality

Corps made their way through the of of Valley Bitterroot the through way their made Corps

plored . This 202-mile byway, stretching stretching byway, 202-mile This Mountains. Rocky plored

With an elder Lemhi-Shoshone guide and his son, the the son, his and guide Lemhi-Shoshone elder an With COMMEMORATIVE SCULPTURES COMMEMORATIVE

Missouri River and the through the unex- the through River Columbia the and River Missouri

Clark to nd the Northwest Passage; the link between the the between link the Passage; Northwest the nd to Clark

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Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William William and Lewis Meriwether commissioned Jefferson

receiving the assistance they needed to continue their their continue to needed they assistance the receiving evidence of the Indians’ early settlements. settlements. early Indians’ the of evidence

Northwest Passage Scenic Byway Scenic Passage Northwest In 1803, President President 1803, In – –

homeland, and her presence greatly aided the Corps in in Corps the aided greatly presence her and homeland, museum, where pictographs and petroglyphs display display petroglyphs and pictographs where museum,

was Sacajawea's brother. Sacajawea had returned to her her to returned had Sacajawea brother. Sacajawea's was IDAHO SCENIC BYWAYS SCENIC IDAHO visitors to the area. Today, walls of the canyon are like a a like are canyon the of walls Today, area. the to visitors

Boise, ID 83720-0093 700 West Street | P.O. State Box 83720 Idaho Department of Commerce STATEWIDE INFORMATION: • Idaho Division of Tourism Development 800-47-VISITID, (208) 334-2470 | www.visitidaho.org • Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (208) 334-4199 | www.parksandrecreation.idaho.gov • Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association 800-49-IDAHO, (208) 342-1438 | www.ioga.org SALMON/LEMHI AREA: • Bureau of Land Management Salmon Field Office (208) 756-5400 | www.id.blm.gov • Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce (208) 523-1010 | www.idahofallschamber.com • Salmon/Challis Chambers of Commerce (208) 756-2100 | www.salmonbyway.com • Salmon-Challis National Forest, Salmon (208) 756-5100 | www.fs.fed.us/r4/sc • Shoshone Bannock Tribes (208) 237-9791 | www.shoshonebannocktribes.com HIGHWAY 12/LEWISTON AREA: • Clearwater National Forest, Orofino (208) 476-4541 | www.fs.fed.us/r1/clearwater www.lewisandclarkidaho.org • Grangeville Chamber of Commerce (208) 983-0460 | www.grangevilleidaho.com • Kamiah Chamber of Commerce (208) 935-2290 | www.kamiahchamber.com • Kooskia Chamber of Commerce LEWIS & CLARK IN IDAHO SITE (208) 926-4362 | www.kooskia.com Visit the new Lewis & Clark in Idaho website; this • Lewiston Chamber of Commerce new re-designed and re-vamped experience features (208) 743-3531, 800 473-3543 | www.lewistonchamber.org new educational resources, native people history, • Moscow Chamber of Commerce interactive route maps, galleries, Lewis and Clark (208) 882-1800, 800 380-1801 | www.moscowchamber.com journal excerpts, and more. Plus, there are new ways • Nez Perce National Historical Park Museum (208) 843-2261 | www.nps.gov/nepe to interact by taking your own trek and even geocaching. This is just more proof that there is • Nez Perce National Historic Trail (208) 476-8334 | www.fs.fed.us/npnht much more to discover with Lewis and Clark. • Nez Perce Tribe, Lewis & Clark Coordinator (208) 843-2253 | www.nezperce.org • Travel Association 877 364-3246 | www.northcentralidaho.org • Orofino Chamber of Commerce PERMIT NO 858

US POSTAGE (208) 476-4335 | www.orofino.com PRSRT STD PAID BOISE ID • Pierce-Weippe Chamber of Commerce Information in this brochure will be provided in (208) 435-4406 | www.pierceidaho.com & www.weippe.com alternative formats for persons with disabilities. Idaho Department of Commerce is an equal • Salmon River Chamber of Commerce (Riggins) opportunity employer. (208) 628-3778 | www.rigginsidaho.com ITCP: 08-43153-30m 10 Tower Rock – Mile 315 US Hwy 93 North. Campground toilets, 21 DeVoto Memorial Cedar Grove – 3 miles E of Powell Ranger 30 Nez Perce National Historical Park Visitor Center – interpretive signs, boat launch ramp, accessible fishing pier. Clark’s Station. Bernard DeVoto, Lewis & Clark journal editor, came here to U.S. Highway 95 at Spalding. Museum of Nez Perce Culture. Original party camped near this location from August 21-25, 1805. meditate and write in the 1950s. Picnic tables, restrooms and hiking Lewis & Clark Peace Medal and ribbon given to a Nez Perce leader is BLM 208-756-5400 trail. on display. Bookstore, auditorium for films and lectures, summer ranger-led tours, and cultural programs. Open year round at 8 a.m.– 11 “Pirimids” – Right turn at mile 315.7 US Hwy 93 north of Salmon 22 Powell Ranger Station – 13 miles W of Lolo Pass on US Hwy 5 p.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day and until 4:30 p.m. the rest of the to Tower Creek road. 1.6 to the “Pirimids”: a rock formation Clark 12. A sign nearby identifies the campsite of Sept. 14, 1805, where the year. www.nps.gov/nepe | 208-843-7001 described in his field notes for August 31, 1805. Interpretive party was "compelled to kill a Colt... for the want of meat". signs, picnic area, historic cabin. 208-756-5400 208-942-3113 31 Lewis-Clark State College – Lewiston. Centennial Mall, campus center, statues of Nez Perce Chief Twisted Hair, explorers 23 Lochsa Historical Ranger Station – Built in the 1920s, 12 Wagonhammer Springs – Mile 324.4 US Hwy 93. Lewis & Lewis & Clark, and nearby sculptures of Nez Perce woman; library has Clark trail can be reached by walking 2 miles up West Wagonhammer offers the visitor a glimpse of life at a back country Forest Service collection of Lewis & Clark books and journals. 1 Lemhi Pass–Continental Divide – 7,323 ft. elev., mile 26 of ranger station. Log buildings are outfitted with period furnishings and the Lewis & Clark Backcountry Byway. Toilets, primitive trailhead, Creek to Thompson Gulch, follow marked trail on left. Picnic and www.lcsc.edu | 208-792-5272 toilet facilities. volunteers provide a sense of living history. The station is open interpretive signs here and at the Westward Overlook a mile north of Memorial Day through Labor Day, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 208-926-4274 Nez Perce Historical Society & Museum – the pass. The expedition first crossed the pass on August 12, 1805. 13 Moose/Pine Creek Signs – Interpret Clark's scouting party of Lewiston. Exhibit of Nez Perce County history. Open Tue–Sat 2 Sacajawea Memorial Area – 1/4 mile south of Lemhi Pass in the "River of No Return". 1 and 6 miles west of Shoup on Salmon 24 Lewis & Clark Campsites – Several camp sites are found 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Closed on major holidays. www.npchistsoc.org Montana. Toilets, interpretive signs, wildflower trail. USFS picnic area. River Road. along Roads 500 and 520. 4WD vehicle recommended. Due to the 208-743-2535 www.fs.fed.us/r1/b-d | 406-683-3900 difficult access and sensitive resources along the Lolo Trail and 14 Lost Trail Pass – Elevation 7,014 ft. Visitor Center is open Motorway, it is recommended that you contact Clearwater National Lewis & Clark Discovery Center – Lewiston. Located in 3 Agency Creek Campground – Mile 33 of the Back Country Jun–Sept at the ID/MT border. Rest area and picnic facilities. Forest: www.fs.fed.us/r1/clearwater | 208-926-4274 Hells Gate State Park with camping and picnic areas. Features indoor Byway. Interpretive signs, toilets, primitive camping. The Agency Creek 15 Nez Perce Nat’l Historic Trail – Mile 7 US Hwy 93 S; follows educational displays, a two acre outdoor interpretive plaza along the road is rough, steep, narrow and generally impassable in winter. 25 Musselshell Meadows – From the junction of Forest Service banks of the and a beautiful moving stream. See an the route taken by the Nez Perce during the War of 1877. Take the Roads 100 and 500 (24 miles from Kamiah) continue 6 miles on Road June - September. BLM/USFS 208-756-5400 opportunity to hike the area where the expedition traveled. An original film “From the Mountains to the Sea; Lewis & Clark in Idaho”. 100 to Musselshell Meadows, a Nez Perce cultural site with www.parksandrecreation.idaho.gov | 208-799-5015 4 Tendoy – Mile 0 of the Back Country Byway. Toilets, interpretive off-highway section is accessed from Hwy 93 south of Indian Trees interpretive sign. Clearwater National Forest: 208-476-4541 signs. Call the Tendoy Store: 208-756-2263 Campground. www.fs.fed.us/npnht/ Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History – 26 Weippe Discovery Center – Weippe. A new Lewis & Clark Lewiston. Open Tue–Sat 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Nez Perce pre-contact, tools 5 Back Country Byway Tour Kiosk – Mile 3.7 of the Byway. 16 Travelers’ Rest – Interpretive sign near the junction of US Hwy Interpretive Center with impressive murals and a living Lewis & Clark of the expedition and Seaman displays. Call for current main gallery Travel information, toilets, interpretive signs. The Warm Springs 93 and 12. Visitor Center with Lewis & Clark interpretation, an landscape display is housed in the Weippe Community Center. Weippe exhibits. www.lcsc.edu/museum/ | 208-792-2243 segment of the byway from the Kiosk to Lemhi Pass is suitable for interpretive walk at the camp site where Lewis & Clark stayed in is near the prairie where members of the Corps had their first meeting both 1805 and 1806; picnic area, restrooms. www.travelersrest.org most passenger vehicles. A monument at mile 8.5 of the Byway with the Nez Perce. Open winter everyday but Sunday, times vary; 32 Long Camp Interpretive Sign – Mile 68 on US 12 near interprets the first time the U.S. flag was unfurled in Idaho. 406-273-4253 Summer everyday at 11 a.m.; closing times vary. 208-435-4406 Kamiah, near the area where the expedition spent three weeks among the Nez Perce in late spring 1806. Also called Camp Choppunish 6 Sacajawea Signs, Monument – Mile 120.5, ID Hwy 28; 17 Howard Creek – 18.5 miles W of Lolo on Hwy 12; 0.4 mile loop 27 Clearwater Historical Museum – Orofino. Museum exhibits (a word Lewis used for the Ni-Mii-Pu) or Camp Kamiah. famed interpreter sign, mile 122.5, ID Hwy 28. Signs commemorating that includes part of the trail. Interpretive signs about the expedition include artifacts relating to the Nez Perce people and the Lewis & www.nps.gov/nepe | 208-843-2261 birthplace of Sacajawea, the Lemhi-Shoshone woman who accompa- and Nez Perce and Salish tribes. Clark Expedition, Tue–Sat, Oct–May 1:30–4:30 p.m.; Jun–Sept nied the expedition. 18 Lolo Hot Springs – Commercially operated. Site where the Corps 12:30–5:30 p.m. www.clearwatermuseum.org | 208-476-5033 33 Heart of the Monster – East Kamiah. The place of creation in Nez Perce mythology. An audio station nearby tells the legend. 7 The Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural, and Educa- camped and bathed on September 13, 1805, and on their return 28 Dworshak – Visitor center at north end of dam; small Lewis www.nps.gov/nepe | 208-843-2261 tional Center – 1 mile S of Salmon, ID Hwy 28. Significant journey June 29, 1806. www.lolohotsprings.com | 406-273-2290 & Clark display; Lewis & Clark movie shown as requested; open daily Sacajawea center with indoor and outdoor interpretation about the 19 Packer Meadows – Glade Creek Campsite and interpretive sign, in the summer; call for hours the rest of the year: 208-476-1255 34 Kooskia Kiosks – Interpretive displays and artwork located near homeland and people of Sacajawea. the intersection of US 12 and ID Hwy 13 describe the cultural, 1 mile E of Lolo Pass Visitor Center on Forest Road 373. Most pristine Dworshak National Fish Hatchery – Below Dworshak Dam; www.sacajaweacenter.org | 208-756-1188 Lewis & Clark Campsite in the nation. historical, and economic heritage of the region. www.kooskia.com interpretive kiosk of fishing from tribal techniques through the time 208-926-4362 8 Lemhi County Historical Society and Museum – 210 20 Lolo Pass Visitor Center – US Hwy 12 at the ID/MT border; of Lewis & Clark to modern-day sport fishing; self-guided tours of Main Street, Salmon. The museum houses a large collection of elev. 5,235 ft. Visitor center with Lewis & Clark and Nez Perce hatchery available daily, year-round; 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Mon–Fri 35 Ordway's Signs – Commemorates Sgt. Ordway's May 1806 trip Lemhi-Shoshone artifacts, photos, and displays of everyday life in the interpretation, a 1/4 mile interpretive loop past a monument to Lewis www.fws.gov/dworshak | 208-476-4591 from Long Camp (Camp Choppunish) to the Salmon and Snake rivers Old West. www. lemhimuseum.org | 208-756-3342 & Clark historian Stephen Ambrose, picnic areas and restrooms. to procure salmon for the main party of the Corps of Discovery; one 29 Canoe Camp – The expedition camped here from September 26 sign at mile 253 and another at mi. 269 on Hwy 95. 9 Discovery Hill – 1 mile north of Salmon via North St. Charles 208-942-3113 to October 7, 1805, while five canoes were built for their journey down Street. Scenic overlook, interpretive signs, toilets, trailhead. the Clearwater, Snake and Columbia rivers. www.nps.gov/nepe BLM 208-756-5400 208-843-2261

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