A Specially Annotated Topographic (Topo) Map Intended To Help Explain (And Show The Location of) => What PREVIOUS & FOLLOWING Local History Signs Describe =>
…REMEMBER: SEVERAL TIMES CLICK PHOTO TO GET LARGEST VIEW.
…...SHOWN IN MAP ARE THESE AS FOLLOWS =>
…A) SINGLE RED DOTS MARK => The Lewis & Clark July 1805 Expedition Westward Route, which they were shown by Nez Perce Native Americans Guides, along millennia old, existing well used trails, long used by their Tribe.
…B) SERIES OF DOUBLE RED DOTS MARK => The Lewis & Clark eastward return September 1806 Expedition Route. They found their previous July Route blocked by deep snow, and again with Nez Perce Guides, went south to Lower Elevations.
…C) UNDERLINED BY GREEN ARE =>
…..1) Upper Right => US-12 Going Over Lolo Pass.
……2) Mid Height, Slightly Right of Center: => Powell Junction, a prominent way point on “The Lolo Motorway”, additionally described both in the PREVIOUS & NEXT Photo.
……3) Mid Height, Right of Center => A high prominent mountain lookout called by Lewis & Clark “Rocky Point” => Which Is located ~2.5 miles a bit north of west of the Local History Sign, of PREVIOUS & NEXT Photos.
……4) Henry Gurr’s WayPt = 264 => Which Is Where Previous Google Street View Photo was taken, AND is the location of the Local History Sign of The PREVIOUS & NEXT Photos. Plus =>
……5) You see the series of Double Red Dots go by WayPt = 264, which marks the Lewis & Clark Eastward Return September 1806 Expedition Route, This is what is stated on The Local History Sign of the NEXT Photo. NOTE: The Local History Sign of the PREVIOUS Photo describes how Lewis & Clark, on their return from the Pacific Ocean Coast, came through here September 16, 1805.
……6) Bottom right of center: Colt Killed Creek Campsite.
……7) Upper right corner: Packer Meadow Camp.
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Topo Map Center ~17 miles WSW of Lolo Pass At MT & ID Border. (GPS ~= 46.574469, -114.923440)
…. Click Here To View ON-LINE, the Same Topo Map (As You See /\ Above /\ ). => But With Added Ability That You Can Zoom-In And Close-Up See Fine Details, Or On Your Own, Further Explore “The Lolo Corridor” Landscape!
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Details Concerning The Making Of /\ Above /\ Topographic (Topo) Map.
PURPOSE OF THIS MAP:
…In reading the Previous 5 Photos, you have seen that => This Area of Idaho West & South Of Lolo Pass, Known As ”The Lolo Corridor”, has had many interesting & important Historical Events & Landmarks. But these are both complex & distributed over a large area.
….The /\ Above /\ Topo Map will help you to know where these Historical Events & Landmarks are located relative to present day highways & forest roads.
….Please know that the 3 Satellite Views, available in the PREVIOUS Photo, show approximately same territory as /\ Above /\ Topozone Map.
.. MY SOURCE OF LEWIS & CLARK HISTORIC LOLO TRAIL INFORMATION.
….The following steps will show you what I used, for approximate placement of the Red Dots (& Double Dots) onto the /\ Above /\ Topo =>
…1) Google … Lewis & Clark Expedition… . and bring up practically any of the National Park Service’s (NPS) Pages. For Example => This Lolo Pass Visitor Information Center will work.
…2) Lower down you will find a map labeled => “Lewis and Clark NHT Visitor Centers and Museums”.
…3) Click on ‘Full Screen” (map upper right corner) and Zoom-In until you can see the Eastern Border of Idaho.
…4) You will see many Black Disks With White (h) => Mouse hover successively on these until you find the one that says => “Colt Killed Creek Campsite”.
…5) Remember this disk, and keep it center screen => While you Zoom-In until you can see => Yellow US-12 between a Upper And Lower Green Routes.
…6) ClickDrag map, until Black Disk With White (h) that says => “Packer Meadow” is upper right. .
…7) In looking at these Green Routes => It takes a long time to discern (from the lighter & darker map shading) where the valley stream bottom lines are, as distinct from the ridge top lines. But after a while, you will see that the NPS Map Green Travel Lines, at most places, run exactly along ridge top lines. I would have thought that along streams would be more easily travelled, but not so in this area.
…8) Now the Upper And Lower Green Routes on your screen, show how I was able to successively estimate, where to place Red Dots (& Double Dots) onto /\ Above /\ Topo Map”.
…9) However, if you look closely, you will see that my Red Dots (& Double Dots) On The /\ Above /\ Topo Map, have a somewhat different relative placement, compared to the NPS Map. This is partly due to error on my part, and also partly due to the NPS Map (or Topo Map) being unclear. (Altogether, I wish I had time to do a better job.)
…10) As is also mostly seen in the NPS Map, The Green Travel Lines are along of Ridge Top Lines. And as you can see, I have likewise placed these Red Dots, along corresponding Ridge Top Lines. And in many places this is ALSO along a somewhat darker solid black line, which means a road. This is a good result, as will be explained in 12) below. (Similarly for dotted line cases, which means a known trail.)
…11) To be able to make an accurate map of exactly where Lewis and Clark actually travelled, would require deep expert study of their Journals & Sketched Maps. And of course we wonder how much the NPS Service Map accurately reflects such study & close research. But there is every reason to think the NPS Map is fairly accurate, because, from my limited study => I can see how the NPS Map Upper (June 1805) Green Travel Line, very closely “fits” => the Satellite Views showing Forest Road 500 (which is also the Lolo Motorway).
…..12) This Above-mentioned closely “fits” is almost a guarantee since =>.We can be relatively certain that “The Lolo Motorway”, follows on (or close to for the most part) the Original Road by Native American Nimiipuu Tribes (the Nez Perce Tribes),.from the Lolo Region to Buffalo Country. This Trail, now also designated ”The Nee Mee Poo National Historic Trail”, remains accurately known, because, through all the centuries, it was functional and thus would be used and reused, continuously keeping it physically stamped on the landscape, and marked in living memory, generation to generation, of where it was exactly located, for use again.
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(Photo = TopoZnFulScr LoloPassUpRt}ShowLewis&ClarkTvll1805-1806a+TxtUgrnWy264AlbmZmmPt3.jpg ...... ZMM Page = 243 ...... /\ Above /\ Topo Map Shows Mid Right, Green Underline => WayPt = 264k 4460ft)