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Indian Post Office Item Info
- Title:
- Indian Post Office
- Publisher:
- H.W. Steward
- Publisher Location:
- Boise, ID
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 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."
- Subjects:
- trees rocks mountains photographic postcards
- Location:
- Lolo Trail; Bitterroot Mountains
- 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:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Indian Post Office", Northwest Historical Postcards Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/postcards/items/nwpostcards715.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Educational use includes non-commercial use of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. Digital reproduction rights granted by University of Idaho Library. For other uses beyond educational use, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/