Lolo Trail Articles
Lewis and Clark Across the Mountains
Mapping the Corps of Discover in Idaho
Archived: 2007
Lewis and Clark Across the Mountains, published in cooperation with the Idaho State Historical Society, presents in words, maps, and photographs the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition including Lemhi Pass, Lemhi River, North Fork Salmon River, and Lost Trail Divide. The route continues up the Bitterroot River Valley, climbs to Lolo Pass, and […]
Lolo Trail History and Cartography Part 7
Archived: 1992
This report pertains to the Lewis and Clark National Historic Landmark, the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, the Nez Perce National Historic Trail. It also applies to all the other trails in the Lolo Trail System: Northern Nez Perces Trail in 1866, Bird-Truax Trail 1866, Lewiston and Virginia City Wagon Road 1866, Route of […]
Lolo Trail Composite Topo Maps
Lolo Trail National Historic Landmark: Composite Topographic Maps Techinical Report
Archived: 2002
These maps are the culmination of thirty-one years of research on the Lolo Trail National Historic Landmark. The author conducted many summers of primitive camping and hiking to access all the trails in this report, and he used precision GPS instruments to record the exact locations of these trail treads. He has hiked all the […]
A History Buff’s Guide to the Lolo Trail Corridor
Archived: 2026
Prepared for the amateur history traveler, this guide attempts to display the many historic sites along the National Forest land portion of the Lolo Trail Corridor, together with information about their history and where to learn more. We focus on two National Historic Trails; the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and the Nee-Me-Poo National […]
Lolo Trail National Register of Historic Places Registration Forms
Archived: 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 Nez Perce Trail of 1805 through Hungery Creek (Lewis and Clark) and the Northern Nez […]
History of the Lolo Trail and the Nez Perce Indians
Newspaper Articles by John (Jack) P. Harlan et al 1921–1938
Archived: 2011
Starting in 1922, Jack Harlan began his Clearwater Republican and Clearwater Tribune newspaper series on the history of the Lolo Trail. Lolo Trail is a general name for the routes followed by Lewis and Clark in 1805–06 and the route of the Nez Perce during their 1877 flight to freedom. During this time, Harlan traveled […]
Lewis and Clark Trail Inventory: Idaho
Signs, Statues, and Markers
Archived: 2019
This page is an inventory of sites commemorating the Lewis and Clark journey in the present state of Idaho. In 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition entered what is now Idaho via Lemhi Pass. They headed north along the Lemhi River leaving the state above Salmon, Idaho. They returned to Idaho at the summit of […]
The Lolo Trail
The Historic Land Bridge
Archived: 1994
On the Clearwater and Lolo National Forests, in the mountains of Northern Idaho and Western Montana, there is an ancient trail system that has been used for hundreds of years as a land bridge between the Columbia River basin and the Missouri River basin. The approximate route of this trail is westward up Lolo Creek […]
Lolo Trail National Historic Landmark
A Plan For Its Documentation And Preservation
Archived: 1990
The Lolo Trail is a mountain trail in Northern Idaho that ranks second only to the Oregon Trail and the Mullan Wagon Road in its importance to Northwest U.S. History. Due to its remoteness, it may also be the most well preserved and documentable Native American trail left in the entire U.S. Aggressive documentation and […]
Lolo Trail Composite Topographic Maps
Mapping the National Historic Landmark
Archived: 2002
The Lolo Trail National Historic Landmark Composite Topographic maps document the research status for the trail treads and campsites along the Lolo Trail National Historic Landmark in 2002.