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NEZ PERCE
Administrative History |
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PICTORIAL ESSAY
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Ground-breaking ceremony, visitor center . . . Josiah Red Wolf, five years old in 1877 and the last survivor of the War of 1877, speaks at the ground-breaking ceremony for the visitor center at Big Hole National Battlefield, 1968. Red Wolf lost his mother and sister in the battle. This marked his first return to the site of that tragedy. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service. |
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Angus Wilson, 1975 . . . Angus Wilson (left) in the temporary visitor center, 1975. Wilson served as chairman of the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee and as a member of the park staff and was a strong supporter of the park idea. Also pictured: Viola Morris and Mark Kiegley. Douglas Riley photo courtesy of National Park Service, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Neg. 0411. |
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The park staff, 1967. . . Back row, left to right: Jim Haney, Jim Speer, Carol Gamet, Jim Reynolds, "Nubbs" Raboin, Milo Anderson, Robert Burns. Front row, left to right: Linda Paisano, Becky Baer, Emmett Carter, Harold White, Earl Harris. Photo courtesy of Robert Burns. |
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The Spalding site . . . The Spalding site is situated beside the confluence of Lapwai Creek and the Clearwater River, top left. The mission site is in the trees beyond the parked cars. The arboretum extends from the center to the right of the photo and the Presbyterian cemetery is behind the single row of trees in the center of the photo. The former Blue Lantern motel, converted into a visitor center and administration building, is on the left. Photo courtesy of National Park Service, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Neg. 0417. |
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Park administration building . . . Park administration building, located in the former Blue Lantern Motel, Spalding. The highway viaduct, now abandoned, is visible on the left. Photo courtesy of National Park Service. |
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Park museum building . . . Big Hole National Battlefield museum, circa 1960. Photo courtesy of Robert Burns. |
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