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editor — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 05:36:00 +0000

Of all the Indian tribes encountered by settlers of the frontier, none earned more respect and admiration than the Nez Perce of Idaho, eastern Oregon and Washington, and western Montana. They helped Lewis and Clark cross the Bitterroot Range during a bitter winter, perhaps saving the expedition. They were as receptive to the white man’s ways as any tribe. Many became Christians and changed their names to reflect their conversion. Yet their cooperative and peaceful ways didn’t prevent the Nez Perce from suffering the same shameful fate as the rest of their brethren in the late 1800s banishment to reservations

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Idaho Map

editor — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 17:57:00 +0000

SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST This National Forest consists of several units in the south-central part of the state. Located here are some of Idaho’s most notable mountain ranges, including the Sawtooth, White Cloud, and Boulder Mountains. There are 40 peaks over 10,000 feet, with 12,009-foot Hyndman Peak the highest. More than half of the National Forest (754,000 acres) has been designated the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, which preserves some of the finest scenery. It’s also the location of a major wilderness area: the 217,088-acre Sawtooth Wilderness. Scenery includes high granite peaks, limestone cliffs, deep canyons, and striking rock formations. There are

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Idaho Map

editor — Sat, 14 May 2016 00:32:00 +0000

Railroad and Farm Laborers In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Mexican American pioneer families such as the Urquides, Fontes, Ortiz, Amera, Valdez, Galindo, Ocampo, Ursino, Escaso, Ruiz, and Carusia enjoyed relative prosperity, respect, and acceptance in their Idaho communities. But Idaho’s economy underwent change during that time. The gold rush was short lived, and in its place emerged an expanding agricultural and livestock industry. Railroads penetrated the territory and the federal government made lands available to thousands of settlers attracted to Idaho by large-scale, government-financed irrigation projects. Southern Idaho’s Snake River desert plateau now burst with sugar beets,

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