Merle Wells
Merle Wells added the Lolo Trail to the National Register of Historical Places. His work to further document the trail was interrupted by his death in 2000. Tim Woodward of the Idaho Statesman wrote a tribute the Idahoan historian.
Contributions
Lolo Trail National Register of Historic Places Registration Forms
Archived 1991, updated 1991
Original Historic Places Registration Form (13 May 1991) The original 1991 registration of the Lolo Trail as a National Historic Place by Idaho State Historian Merle Wells. Signed by “the Keeper” 1 February 1993. This form primarily documents the Northern…
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