Nez Perce National Historical Park Administrative History
Catton T. 1996. Nez Perce National Historical Park Administrative History. Park Administrative Histories. National Park Service. Seattle, Washington
The homeland of the Nez Perces centered upon the Clearwater, lower Snake, and lower Salmon rivers and their tributaries. It extended to the northeastern edge of the Columbia Plateau where it meets the Bitterroot Valley. Lapwai Creek was considered the dividing line between the buffalo-hunting Nez Perces, who took the Lolo Trail to the hunting grounds east of the Continental Divide, and their fishing and hunting fellow tribesmen...Yet the legacy of the war was not entirely bitter. As capable foes, and ultimate victims, in the last major Indian war of the nineteenth century, the Nez Perces secured for themselves a place of honor in the history and myth of the American West. The creation of the Nez Perce National Historical Park in 1965 and the Nez Perce National Historic Trail in 1986 further attested to the popular appeal and historical significance of the Nez Perce story.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Catton, Ted
- Date of Issue
- 1996-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HIST , NEPE , UCBN
- Keywords
- Administrative History, Cultural Resources, ehistory, History, Nez Perce, Nez Perce National Historical Park, park administration