Thursday, September 19, 2013

Lewis and Clark Expedition



It was on September 20, 1805 that the Lewis and Clark Expedition were saved from the brink of starvation by the Nez Perce Indians in the Present-day Weippe Prairie. It was the Camas root and dried fish that no doubt saved them. The Camas root made up a good portion of Nez Perce diet. Not to different from the potatoes that are being harvested here in the Baker City Valley.

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