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Enjoy Mother Nature at her best - Call now for Reservations (208) 558-7201 or 558-0910
Enjoy Mother Nature at her best - Call now for Reservations (208) 558-7201 or 558-0910
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Chief Joseph (Nez Percé) History at Henry's Lake"I am tired of fighting.... from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more." In 1877, when his band of Nez Percé was forced from their The flight of the Nez Percé brought them through present day Island Park and into the Henry's Lake Area. During this time the US Calvary set up a command post at Staley Springs, and Fished Henry's Lake and the surrounding streams to feed the army. Links relating to Chief Joseph, the Nez Perce Indians and the Nez Perce trail.
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home in the Wallowa Valley of western Oregon, provoking a war between the Nez
Percé and the U.S. Army, Chief Joseph led them over more than 1,500 miles of mountainous
terrain, fighting off or evading troops at every turn, only to be halted near
the Bear Paw Mountains, just forty miles from the safety of the Canadian border.
