T.R.A.S.H. 2004
Lewis and Clark Trail
Montana and Idaho
Mike Faircloth Leader

On July 14th XNGH Marsh Fey lead a caravan of T.R.A.S.H. Warriers from Reno to Hamilton, Montana to group up with
the main T.R.A.S.H. body. Marsh lead us to many interesting and not so interesting sites. All-in-all everyone had a great time. Photos taken by XSNGH Dail Turney and XNGH-P Peter Van Alstyne.

 

Friday at Massacre Rocks State Park
  

 

Register Rock on the Oregon Trail

Register Rock
"After their meals were cooked and their livestock grazed, early pioneer's took time to record their presence on this and other rocks in the area. The land around Register Rock was a common camping area along the Oregon and California trails. It has been preserved by the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation so that the modern visitor may enjoy a landmark of the past."

 

Pioneer names on one of the rocks

  

 

   

 

Massacre Rocks State Park, on the Oregon Trail

 

Ranger Brad
Jim Lydon
Marsh Fey
Skip Pennington

 

 

 
Bo Knowz?, I doubt it!

 

Emigrant Trails
Early California and Oregon Trails Ruts--Left By Thousands of Emigrant Wagons As They Ascended This Bluff--Still Are Visible Below This Viewpoint

In 1859 F.W. Lander's wagon road builders dug an improved grade that shows more clearly. California traffic, for which Lander constructed a better road, diverged from this Snake River route to Oregon just beyond Raft River, 6 miles west of here. When they got up this grade, emigrants were thankful that they had passed 20 miles of bad road, and that a less demanding trail lay ahead.

  

 

Rutted trail caused by emigrants
  

 

Heading to Hamilton Montana
  

 

Friday at Lewis & Clark's actual campsite
  

 

Lewis & Clark's campsite. This shows the location for the laterne. Finding this location verified that this campsite was used by white men as Mercury was found. Mercury was used to treat certain veneral diseases.
  

 

Heading towards main camp
  

 

The country here is the same as when Lewis & Clark camped here
  

 

Looking at the river from the campsite
  

 

I can see why they camped here
  

 

Tell me they brew beer from this kind of water!
  

 

 

Ten Mile John seemed to be always ahead of us
  

 

Proctor Dan Stark, Tom Crawford and damn nice guy Rich Benyo
  

 

XSNGH Dail Turney
(He Took The Picture!)
 

 

SNGH Sonny Marshall
  

LoLo Summit

The Lewis & Clark Party Crossed This Pass Sept. 13, 1805. Westbound For The Pacific After A Long Detour To The South.

From the headwaters of the Missouri they had crossed the mountains to the Salmon. Finding that river impassable, they traded for packhorses, hired an Indian guide, and came north to an Indian trail across the mountains here. Tired and ill-fed, the men were to have a hard struggle in early snow along the sharp ridges which the trail followed for most of its 125 mile course west to the Clearwater River.

  

Lewis and Clark Grove
  

At the Grove
  

More Grove
  

T.R.A.S.H. Leader Mike gives an imformative talk at the Grove

Ferns at the Grove
  

Lewis and Clark had to travel through country like this
  

Marsh was never far from a fresh lime
 

Pertty well says it all

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