Chief Joseph Battleground of the Bear's Paw

Also known as: Bearpaw Mountain Fight (Snake Creek Fight)
About 15 mi. S of Chinook, T 30N R 19E, Sections 1 and 12, Chinook, Montana

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By NPS - National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/nepe/photosmultimedia/photogallery%2Ehtm?eid=108895&root_aId=79#e_108895, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3483077

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Coordinates:
+48.37747, -109.20816
48°22'39" N, 109°12'29" W

Quadrangle map:
Cleveland NW

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Description

Site of the battle in which Chief Joseph and more than 400 Nez Perce Indians surrendered to the United States Army (1877). The Bear Paw surrender signaled the close of the Nez Perces' existence as an "independent Indian people." Henceforth, they lived as a group of displaced persons; in the white culture, but certainly not of it. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, June 7, 1988

National Register information

Status: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 6, 1970
Reference number: 70000355
Area of significance: Military
Level of significance: National
Evaluation criteria: A - Event; B - Person
Property type: Site
Historic function: Battle site
Current function: Park
Period of significance: 1875-1899
Significant year: 1877
Number of properties: Contributing sites: 1
Non-contributing objects: 3

Update Log

November 17, 2021: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger
January 26, 2020: New photo from Bill Eichelberger

Sources

Bill Eichelberger - wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com
National Register database - Reference number 70000355 (Search for documents)
National Historic Landmark information