Lewis & Clark Trail

These murals illustrate the Expedition's struggle crossing the Bitterroot Mountains. While climbing Wendover Ridge, Clark described one disaster: "The [horse] which Carried my desk & Small trunk Turned over & roled down a mountain for 40 yards & lodged against a tree, broke the Desk the horse escaped and appeared but little hurt [.]" Right, Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea meet Nez Perce Chief Twisted Hair.

Weippe Idaho

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