Old Highway 28

Down this road steams off the official trail that L&amp;C traveled<br>cites will be marked in order from this location according to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_015842.pdf" target="" rel="">https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_015842.pdf</a><br><br>8.&nbsp;Motorway Tour Kiosk<br>This site welcomes you to Sacajawea’s birthplace
and serves as the jump-off point for the 39-mile loop road
commemorating that expedition, this is the meeting place
of two vastly different cultures which were to be forever
changed.<br><br>9.&nbsp;Meeting of Two Cultures<br>Lewis describes the historic and dramatic meeting of the two cultures for
the first time as he was approaching their encampment
near Kenney Creek.
“…we had proceeded about
four miles a wavy plain…”
– Lewis,
August 13, 1805
As Lewis’ Advance Party
traveled along the plain
parallel to the river bottom
he writes, “…we saw two
women, a man and some
dogs on an eminence immediately before us…two
of them after a few minutes set down as if to wait our
arrival we continued our usual pace…when we had
arrived within half a mile of them I directed the party to
halt and leaving my pack and rifle I took the flag which
I unfurled and advanced singly toward them the women
soon disappeared behind the hill, the man continued
untill I arrived within a hundred yards of him and then
likewise absconded.” When Lewis surprised Shoshoni
women later that day, he describes the encounter. “I now
painted their tawny cheeks with some vermillion which
with this nation is emblematic of peace.” At a later
meeting with about
60 warriors, he tells
of the welcome,
“… these men …
embraced me
very affectionately
… by puting their
left arm over you
wright sholder
clasping your back,
while they apply
their left cheek to
yours…”<br><br>7.&nbsp;Clark Campsite<br>Captain Clark, with the Reconnaissance Party,
headed for the Salmon River to make canoes. He camped
on Pattee Creek on
August 19, 1805.
“…passed over a second
hill of a verry steep
assent &amp; thro a hilley
Countrey for
8 miles and Encamped
on a Small Stream.”
– Clark<br><br>6.&nbsp;First View – Valley Floor<br>On August 13, Lewis writes in his journal, “…a
deep valley appeared to our left at the base of a high
range of mountains which extended from S.E. to N.W.
(Lemhi Range) having their sides better clad with pine
timber than we had been accustomed to see the mountains and their tops were also partially covered with
snow.”<br><br>5.&nbsp;First Taste of the Columbia River<br>Lewis records their entry into Idaho “…I now
decended the mountain about 3/4 of a mile which I found
much steeper than on the opposite side, to a handsome
bold running Creek of cold Clear water. here I first
tasted the water of the great Columbia river…”&nbsp;<br><br>

August 20, Clark and the Reconnaisance Party
reached this village. Sergeant Gass, an expedition
member, chronicles, “We … travelled …to a village of
the Indians on the bank…At this place there are about
25 lodges made of willow bushes. They are the poorest and most miserable nation I ever beheld; having
scarcely anything to subsist on, except berries and a few
fish…They have a great many fine horses, and nothing
more; and on account of these (the horses) they are much
harassed by other nations.” Gass continues, “Here we
procured a guide, (Old Toby) and left our interpreters to
go on with the natives, and assist Captain Lewis and his
party to bring on the baggage…”<br><br>Credit to:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_015842.pdf" title="Link: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_015842.pdf">https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_015842.pdf</a>

August 13, Lewis and his advanced party arrived
at this site after their dramatic meeting with the Shoshoni. Escorted by Chief Cameahwait and about 60 warriors, Lewis writes, “…on our arrival at their encampmen on the river…at the distance of 4 Ms. from where we
had first met them they introduced us to a londge made
of willow brush and an old leather lodge which had been
prepared for our
reception by the
young men...”&nbsp;
<br><br>Credit to:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_015842.pdf">https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_015842.pdf</a>

Inscription (four plagues on each side of the monument)<br>1.&nbsp;<span>The Salmon River Mission plaque<br></span>The Indian Mission Call: Issued by Brigham Young to 27 elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) at Salt Lake City, April 6 1855.<br><i>"Go into the Salmon River Country, Oregon Territory. Many tribes converge upon that area to fish and hunt. Choose an appropriate location and found a mission. Teach them the arts of husbandry and peace according to our gospel plan."</i><br>The Journey: These Idaho Pioneers trailed 380 miles in 22 days with 11 wagons, 46 oxen, 7 horses, &amp; much cattle. Roads were mostly non-existent.<br>Fort Lemhi: Site of the first irrigation project in the Great Northwest. Established June 18 1855. The fort had two sections: a timber stockade 16 rods square which surrounded 25 cabins: a Spanish wall (mud) stock enclosure the same size.<br>Brigham Young and 142 people visited and approved the mission in May 1857. New settlers followed, making a total population in excess of 100 souls. About 100 Indians were converted.<br><br><span>2. The Pioneer Party of 1855 plaque<br></span>Indian raids on the mission and its abandonment in March 1858, were due to the influence&nbsp;of Johnston's Army encamped at Fort Bridger.<br><span>Killed: William Bailey Lake, James Miller, George McBride<br>Wounded: Andrew Quigley, Oliver Robinson, Lewis W. Shurtliff, Thomas Smith, Fountain Welch.<br><br>Erected by Idaho members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)<br>Plaque provided by Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association.</span><br><br>The Pioneer Party of 1855<br>★Thomas S. Smith, Pres ● ★David Moore, Secretary ● ★Francillo Durfee, Captain ● Benjamin F. Cumings, Captain of the Guard ● Ira Ames ● Ezra J. Barnard ● William H. Batchelor ● Gildbert R. Belnap ● William L. Bundridge ● Willam Birch ● William Burgess ● Thomas Butterfield ● ★Israel J. Clark ● Charles Dalton ● John Gallagher ● George W. Hill ● Nathaniel Leavitt ● ★Everet Lish ● ★Charles McGary ● Joseph Parry ● Isaac Shepherd ● David H. Stevens ● Pleasant G. Taylor ● Baldwin H. Watts ● Abraham Zundell<br>★Wives and Families<br><br><span>3. Other Colonists Included plaque<br></span>Thomas M. Abbot ● Jame Allred ● Washington Barber ● Joseph Bain ● William Bard ● Lychonius Barnard&nbsp;<span>● John Blanchard ● John Bloxum ● Thomas Bloxum ● Thomas Bingham ● Jonathan Brown ● Joseph Brown ● Clifton S. Browning ● Thomas Corless ● Jesse T. Clark ● Henry A. Cleveland ● H.R. Cleveland ● Stephen Cheen &amp; wife ● Rueben Collett ● Sylvanus Collett ● Ben Cutler ● John L. Dalton ● Thomas Day ● Owen Dix ● Stephen Green ● Hathorn C. Hadlock ● Jane Hadlock ● Milton D. Hammond ● Joseph Harker ● Henry Harmon &amp; wife ● Martin H. Harris ● William Bailey Lake ● Wm. Morler &amp; wife ● Richard B. Margetts ● Charles F. Middleton ● Jacob Miller ● James Miller ● Frank M. Moreland ● John Murdock ● George McBride ● Wallace M. McIntyre ● Henry Nebeker ● William J. Perkins ● Wm. Perry &amp; wife ● John Preece ● Andrew Quigley ● Ebenezer J. Robinson ● Oliver Robinson ● Orson Rose ● William M. Shaw ● Haskell V. Shurtliff ● Lewis W. Shurtliff ● Henry Smith &amp; wife ● Jesse Smith &amp; wife ● Wm. Smith &amp; wife ● Levi Taylor ● William Taylor ● James Walker ● Pardon Webb ● Fountain Welch ● James Wilcox ● Thomas Workman ● Amos Wright<br></span><br>Erected&nbsp;1950 by Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association.
<br><br>Credit to:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123678">https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123678</a>

Inscription<br><span>On April 7, 1855, at the conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Pres. Brigham Young called 27 elders to found a mission among the Indians of the Salmon River Country, Oregon Territory, with Thomas S. Smith in charge. Traveling 380 miles in 22 days, they arrived June 15th. Making friends with the Indians the missionaries taught them the message of the gospel. In 1857, Pres. Brigham Young visited the colony after which more missionaries and families were sent to strengthen the settlement. On February 25, 1858, the Lemhi Fort was attacked by Indians and its abandonment took place in March 1858.<br></span><br>Credit to:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123676" title="Link: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123676">https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123676</a>

Inscription<br><span>Arriving at the headwaters of Lemhi River, a company of Latter-Day Saint men who had been called to establish a mission among the Indians proceeded approximately 30 miles downstream, selected a site for a fort and a tract of farming land, On June 18, 1855, they dug a ditch, turned the water over the land, and after ploughing about 8 acres, planted corn, turnips, peas, beams and potatoes. This was the first irrigation project in the Great Northwest.<br></span><br>Credit to:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123675">https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=123675</a>