Category Archives: History

A Geologic and Mining History: Rocks and their Legacy

Take a Wild and Scenic Ride through History, July 9th!

Dr. Cleve Davis Presents “So Long As Game May Be Found Thereon: Indian Treaty Hunting from Fort Hall to Wyoming and Beyond”

Poster announcing April 11, 2026 program for the Lemhi County Historical Society and the Sacajawea Center.

A Case So Cold: The Murder of an Idaho Game Warden by Tony Latham

Post image advertises the program on March 26th presented by author, Tony Latham.

Image is a poster announcing the March 12 luncheon at the Salmon Grange featuring Bruce Mulkey offering an agricultural history of Lemhi County.

Michael Crosby Presents “August 13, 1805: The Most Important Day of the Lewis and Clark Expedition”

“Bullets Like Rain”: Understanding the Battle of the Big Hole by Big Hole Battle Field Ranger, Mark Draper

Lemhi County Historical Society & Sacajawea Center
Program and Luncheon: Thursday ~ February 12, 2026 in the Salmon Grange!

Doors open at 11:30; program at Noon.

“Bullets Like Rain”: Understanding the Battle of Big Hole
On the morning of August 9th, 1877, in the Big Hole Valley of Western Montana, the U.S. Army launched a surprise attack on a sleeping camp of 800 Nez Perce people.
Join National Park Service Ranger Mark Draper
for an in-depth exploration of the underlying causes of the intense battle that ensued, the bloodiest engagement of the Nez Perce Flight of 1877.

“Idaho Stories of Survival, Rescue, and Delivery by Air and Water”

Image advertising the January 29 program by Dick Williams.