Liz Butte Road to Weitas Butte Road

Lewis and Clark journal entry from September 19, 1805. They left Sherman Peak and traveled through a pass now known as
Sherman Saddle. Private Whitehouse described it: “[We] descended
down the mountn, which was verry Steep descent, for about three
miles. then assended another as bad as any we have ever been up
before. it made the Sweat run off the horses &amp; ourselves.”<br><br>Credit to:&nbsp;<a href="http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf" target="" rel="" title="Link: http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf">http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf</a>

Lewis and Clark journal entry from June 17, 1806. This point of interest is roughly a mile and a half south of the road. When the expedition reached Cache Mountain, they had to turn
back. The snow was deep, and they feared they would not find enough
food for themselves or their horses. They cached their equipment and
returned to the Weippe Prairie. Clark wrote, “having come to this
resolution, we ordered the party to make a deposit of all the baggage
which we had not immediate use for, and also all the roots and bread
of Cows which they had except an allowance for a fiew days to enable
them to return to Some place at which we could Subsist by hunting
untill we precured a guide.” <br><br>Note: The following seven sites lie along a section of trail hazardous to
travel, thick with brush, with no visible trail tread and no signs posted.<br><br>Credit to:&nbsp;<a href="http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf" target="" rel="">http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf</a>

Roughly two and half miles south south west of the road is Retreat camp Lewis and Clark journal entry June 17, 1806. After they cached their supplies and
turned back to the Weippe Prairie, Lewis
wrote, “the party were a good deel
dejected. . . . this is the first time since we
have been on this long tour that we have
ever been compelled to retreat or make a
retrograde march.”<br><br>Credit to:&nbsp;<a href="http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf" title="Link: http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf">http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf</a>

Roughly two and half miles south south west of the road is Portable Soup Camp Lewis and Clark made a journal entry September 19, 1805. Even though revived by the sight of the Camas Prairie, Lewis and
his party were weak from hunger. He wrote, “having traveled 18 miles
over a very bad road. we took a small quantity of portable soup, and
retired to rest much fatiegued. Several of the men are unwell of the
disentary. brakings out, or irruptions of the Skin, have also been
common with us for some time.”<br><br>Credit to:&nbsp;<a href="http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf" title="Link: http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf">http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf</a>