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 Craig Donation Claim Posted by:  Volcanoguy
N 46° 21.434 W 116° 46.156
11T E 517750 N 5133765
Craig Donation Claim marker on U.S. Hwy. 95 betwee Lapwai and Culdesac.
Waymark Code: WMAHFN
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2011
Views: 5
Craig Donation Claim marker at turnout on south side of U.S. Hwy. 95 between Lapwai and Culdesac. At the William Craig history sign.
Marker Name: Craig Donation Claim
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker Text:
Craig Donation Claim located Sept. 15, 1846 by William Craig mountain man and his Indian wife Isabel.
First permanent white settler in Idaho, 1840; first Nez Perce Indian Agent, 1848; interpreter at Walla Walla Flathead and Blackfoot Councils, 1855; Lieutenant Colonel, Washington Territory Volunteers, Indian Wasrs 1856; First Postmaster of Walla Walla, 1858. This was the first homestead in Idaho. Here the family of the Reverend Henry Harmon Spaulding was sheltered following the Whitman Massacre, 1847.
Erected by Col. Wm. Craig Chapter No. 2, Sons of the American Revolution, 1946.
County: Nez Perce
City: Lapwai
Date Dedicated: 1946
Group Responsible for Placement: Sons of the American Revolution
Marker Number: Non
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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