Lewis & Clark at Whitehouse Pond
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N 46° 30.582 W 114° 46.781
11T E 670336 N 5153076
History sign on U.S. Hwy. 12 west of Lolo Pass.
Waymark Code: WMFJ6Y
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2012
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Idaho History Marker #333 about 15 miles southwest of Lolo Pass along U.S. Hwy. 12. Sign deals with Lewis and Clark in this area.
Text of Sign: Whitehouse Pond
On their westbound journey, Lewis and Clark crossed here, September 15, 1805, after camping 4 miles upstream at Powell.
Their Shoshoni guide had brought them down an old trail from Lolo Pass to a Lochsa fishery he knew about. To continue west, he had to take them north up this ridge to rejoin their Lolo Trail route. Indian travel through here had to go along high ridges because Lochsa Canyon had too many cliffs and gorges to provide a good horseback route.
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Date Waymark Created: 10/24/2012
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