Pictographs at Treaty Rock - Postfalls, Idaho
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N 47° 42.860 W 116° 57.080
11T E 503650 N 5284551
Post Falls’ treaty rock may be the only place in the United States where a contact with a native tribe was signed on rock.
Waymark Code: WM11QKP
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2019
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Post Falls is named after Frederick Post, a German immigrant who constructed a lumber mill along the Spokane River in 1871 on land he purchased from Andrew Seltice, Chief of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe. The purchase of the land is preserved in a pictograph on a granite cliff in Treaty Rock Park. (Source: wikipedia)
Post carved his name and the date in the rock to acknowledge the agreement. There are also pictographs on the rock done in red ochre. (Source: (
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The pictographs at Treaty Rock are covered by a plexiglass to protect them against vandalism.
The pictograph is hard to photograph because of the reflection on the plexiglass, but a very clear picture is available at (
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705 N Compton St, Post Falls, ID 83854
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Visit Instructions:1. You may log as many different waymarks as you wish but you may only log each one once.
2. You must include a close up photo of the pictograph and your GPSr. The pictograph must be recognizable.
3. Tell a little bit about what you learned of the area.