Some Facts About The Nez Perce Chief JosephTrail

• Some 750 Nez Perce men, women, and children traveled 1,170 miles through Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana before they surrendered to the U.S. Army in 1877, just south of the Canadian border. The ordeal lasted from June to October 1877.
• They were lead by Chief Joseph, Chief Looking Glass, Chief White Bird, Chief Ollokot, Chief Lean Elk, and others during the Nez Perce flight of 1877.
• The Nez Perce National Historic Trail starts at Wallowa Lake, Oregon, then heads northeast and crosses the Snake River at Dug Bar. It enters Idaho at Lewiston and cuts across northcentral Idaho, entering Montana near Lolo Pass. It then travels through the Bitterroot Valley, re-entering Idaho at Bannock Pass before winding back into Montana at Targhee Pass to cross the Continental Divide. It bisects Yellowstone National Park and then follows the Clark Fork of the Yellowstone out of Wyoming into Montana. The trail heads north to the Bear's Paw Mountains, ending 40 miles from the Canadian border.
• The trail was designated a National Historic Trail in 1986.

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