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Field of Camassia quamash (Camas) growing near Highway #21, Idaho Boise Basin route Item Info

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Title:
Field of Camassia quamash (Camas) growing near Highway #21, Idaho Boise Basin route
Publisher:
H.W. Steward
Publisher Location:
Boise, ID
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1960
Approximated Date:
yes
Description:
Postcard of a field of Camas flowers in Idaho. | Wild Camas growing near Highway #21, Idaho Boise Basin route. The Nez Perce Indians made flour from the dried bulbs and also ate them after steaming them in a pit preheated with hot rocks covered with dirt and drenched with water. These same Indians gave a quantity of Camas flower to the half starved Lewis & Clark party as they emerged from the Lolo Trail (1805) on their way to the Pacific Ocean.
Subjects:
perennials flowers (plants) fields (land) mountains photographic postcards
Location:
Grangeville, Idaho
Idaho County:
Idaho County
Latitude:
45.908226
Longitude:
-116.127427
Source:
PG 9, Postcard Collection, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Source Identifier:
pg_9_17_16a
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
eng

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"Field of Camassia quamash (Camas) growing near Highway #21, Idaho Boise Basin route", Northwest Historical Postcards Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/postcards/items/nwpostcards1579.html
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