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Title:
Indian Post Office
Publisher:
H.W. Steward
Publisher Location:
Boise, ID
Date Created:
1970
Approximated Date:
yes
Description:
Postcard commemorates a stop on the Lewis and Clark expedition at a place called "Indian Post Office" in the Bitterroot Mountains in Idaho. | Sept. 16, 1805. Indian Post Office L.&C. Exp. Capt. Clark, leading the main party, had great difficulty in keeping on the trail because of the snow. Passed the "Indian Post Office" built long before the Lewis & Clark Expedition by the Nez Perce tribe to receive messages of their success on Buffalo hunts into Montana. "Killed second colt and all supped heartily."
Location:
Lolo Trail Bitterroot Mountains
Subjects:
trees rocks mountains photographic postcards
Latitude:
46.443638
Longitude:
-115.515416
Source:
PG 107, Knowles Postcard Collection, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Source Identifier:
Postcard_100
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
application/pdf
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Indian Post Office", Northwest Historical Postcards Collection, Digital Initiatives, University of Idaho Library
Reference Link:
https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/postcards/items/nwpostcards237.html
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