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Bear Paw Battlefield (Mont.)


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    • Bear Paw Battleground (Mont.)
    • Bear's Paw Battlefield (Mont.)
    • Bear's Paw Battleground (Mont.)
    • Chief Joseph Battlefield (Mont.)
    • Chief Joseph Battleground (Mont.)
    • Chief Joseph State Park (Mont.)
    • Chief Joseph's Battlefield (Mont.)

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    • found: Work cat.: Noyes, C.R. Battle of the Bear's Paw between General Miles and Chief Joseph, Sept. 30 to Oct. 5, 1877, 1935?(map of the Bear Paw Battlefield in Montana)
    • found: Nez Pierce National Historical Park website, viewed Mar. 11, 2016(Bear Paw Battlefield; 15 miles south of Chinook, MT on Highway 240; commemorates the final battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877)
    • found: GNIS, Mar. 11, 2016(Bear Paw Battlefield - Nez Perce National Historical Park, park, Blaine County, Montana; variant names: Bear Paw Battlefield; Bear Paw Battleground; Bear's Paw Battlefield; Bear's Paw Battleground - Nez Perce National Historical Park; Bears Paw Battlefield; Chief Joseph Battlefield; Chief Joseph Battleground; Chief Joseph Battleground of the Bears Paw State Monument; Chief Joseph State Park; Chief Joseph's Battlefield; designation: Administered Federal)
    • found: Bear Paw Battlefield, via Montana Office of Tourism visitmt.com website, Mar. 22, 2016(One of three sites of the Nez Perce National Historic Park in Montana, the Bear Paw Battlefield is located 16 miles south of Chinook on Highway 240. At this site the Nez Perce Indians surrendered to the US Army on October 5, 1877, after a 1,300 mile retreat. It was here that Chief Joseph spoke his famous words, 'From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever'; Bear Paw Battlefield is the final stop on the 1300 mile Nez Perce National Historic Trail that traces the retreat of this tribe's non-treaty bands during the 1877 War)
    • found: BearPawBattlefield.com website, Mar. 22, 2016:home page (Bear Paw Battlefield is located just 15 Miles South of Chinook on US Highway 240. The Battlefield is the final resting place of hundreds of men, women and children following the Nez Perce War of 1877. A five-day battle and siege occurred where nearly 800 Nez Perce who had fled Idaho, were caught seeking refuge in Canada. Just forty miles short of the Canadian border, Chief Joseph gave his immortal speech, "from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more, forever" on October 5th, 1877.)

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    • 2016-03-11: new
    • 2016-06-02: revised

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