Nez Perce 1877 Campaign Center Line

Archived: 2018

KML file for Google Earth, russell-nez-perce.kml The Nez Perce 1877 Campaign Center Line is one of a series of trail research reports that Steve F. Russell is producing for public use. It is a summary of his research and contains only a map set and GPS waypoint data set. His usual coverage of history and […]

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Nez Perce National Historic Trail Foundation Progress Report

Archived: 1996

This is the 1996 Progress Report of the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail Foundation.

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Nez Perce National Historic Trail Maps and GPS Waypoint Data

Archived: 2018

This is one of a series of trail research reports that Steve F. Russell is producing for public use. It is a summary of his research and contains only a map set and GPS waypoint data set. His usual coverage of history and research methods has been left out. The intent of these summary reports […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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Geographic Report on the Bird-Truax Trail

Archived: 1990

This paper documents the history and geographical location of the Bird-Truax Trail surveyed in 1866 which was the mountainous segment of the planned Virginia City and Lewiston Wagon Road that was never built. This wagon road was a federally-funded project in 1866 and was proposed to be built from Lewiston in Idaho Territory to Virginia […]

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Bird-Truax Trail 1866

Index Of Geographic Clues

Archived: 1990

Research has been completed on the topographic location of the Bird-Truax Trail—also called the Lolo Trail of 1866. This index documents the route and place names for future researchers. The database will be continually updated to improve its quality. Route description summary and Gazetteer of place names and geographic features for the portion of the […]

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Bird-Truax Trail of 1866

Nicholson Profile & Map Analysis

Archived: 1996

George Benson Nicholson was the civil engineer for the survey of the Virginia City and Lewiston Wagon Road project in 1866. Nicholson did two surveys, a course and distance survey of the Northern Nez Perces Trail (NNT) and a stake and chain survey for the wagon road survey. His survey of the NNT between Lolo, […]

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