America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 37 · Mountain Passes and Wagon Roads · Page 57 in print
Lolo Trail
Nez Perce and Salish people used the Lolo Trail centuries before the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Bitterroot
Mountain divide crossed by the trail.
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Lewiston
Western destination of the proposed wagon road.
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Lolo Motorway
Road completed in 1934 along the general route of the older Lolo Trail.
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Lolo Pass
Mountain crossing at the trail’s eastern end.
Missoula
Eastern destination of the proposed wagon road.
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Musselshell
Western area reached by the widened road.
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Nez Perce
Nation with long-established travel over the trail.
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Old Toby
Lemhi Shoshone guide of the expedition.
Ridge Tops
High ground followed by the route.
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Saddles
Low points crossed between ridges.
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Salish
People whose trail use included trade and fishing.
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Salmon Fishing
One purpose of Salish travel over the route.
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Sewell Truax
Surveyor with the 1866 road crew.
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Teamsters
Drivers employed with the improvement crew.
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Weippe Prairie
Western prairie associated with the trail.
Sources
- Lewis and Clark Lolo Trail (USDA Forest Service publication)USDA Forest Service, via NPS History
- Lolo Trail and Pass History - Nez Perce National Historical ParkNational Park Service