"James P. Rains was killed and burned in this cabin by the Sheepeater Indians. The chimney still stands. This incident occurred in September, 1879 about 2 miles above Mackay Bar on the south fork of the Salmon River, 116 miles from Grangeville."
The fir tree in the middle of the street near the flagpole is the one on which several Chinese were hanged until near death and until they confessed which one killed Frasier. The guilty were later hanged.
This defile is named for a series of skirmishes between Indians and Emigrants on the Oregon Trail, August 10, 1862. Nine whites were killed, and six more were wounded. As the traveler speeds through this opening in the rocks, he seldom thinks of...
Near the base of this hill, over 100 cavalry men and volunteers met disaster in the opening battle of the Nez Perce War. Rushing from Grangeville on the evening of June 16, 1877, Captain David Perry planned to stop the Indians from crossing Salmon...
Boise and Interurban Railway car. Scene inside car barn at Pierce Park showing end of wrecked car Number 3. Wreck was a head-on collision near old packing shed at Eagle. Motor man W. Cox was killed.
Boise and Interurban Railway car. Scene inside car barn at Pierce Park showing end of wrecked car Number 1. Wreck was a head-on collision near old packing shed at Eagle. Motor man W. Cox was killed.
