Mercifully, for those of us who had enough of Lewis and Clark back in 2003-06 during the bicentennial, the doesn't focus too much on the intrepid explorers. Yesterday's post explained how and where ...

Participants ride in the annual Chief Joseph Days Parade in Joseph, Ore., on July 26. The Nez Perce Trail commemorates the months-long flight for freedom of Chief Joseph and his people. ENTERPRISE, ...

When the Lewis and Clark expedition first set foot in the land of the Nee-Me-Poo, they were received peacefully (in English, the word Nee-Me-Poo means Nez Perce people). The year was 1805. The man who ...

"Discover the Nez Perce Trail" tour brochures and maps offer valuable information about this National Historic Trail. (Courtesy of the Nez Perce Historic Trail / The Spokesman-Review) For additional ...

CODY — Nearly 134 years after the Nez Perce Indians fled the U.S. Army seeking freedom in Canada, the route they followed on their flight remains mostly intact, and a growing number of people want to ...

This is the third travelogue in a 3-part series. Read part 1, A Road Trip to Explore Race Along the Nez Perce Trail, and part 2, The Gentrification of Wilderness. As billowy powder flocked the ...

Bear Paw, Mont. — IT is a lonely, wind-swept corner of the northern Montana plains, within sight of mountains to the south and west and a scant 40 miles from the Canadian border. This shallow ...

If it was in a Toyota Corolla, that'd be no big deal. But Smith will have done all of it on foot. Since 1992, the 52-year-old self-taught professional photographer from Lakewood, Wash., has walked the ...

Snow-crested summits of northeast Oregon's Wallowa Mountains lord over the emerald-colored fields far below. Melting mountain snows give rise to shimmering rivers that flow across the valley's green ...

ENTERPRISE, Ore. (AP) The Nez Perce Trail running from Wallowa Lake to 40 miles from the Canadian border in Montana commemorates the months-long flight for freedom of Chief Joseph and his people. This ...