Origins of the events leading to the flight and battles:
Pioneers making the 2,100-mile trek on the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon endured five to six months of severe hardships and
Darla Jackson Remembers
DarIa Jackson is a member of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho — enrollment #590. Her parents are Geraldine Hayes and Charles H. Jackson. Her
Catherine McLennon – A U.S. 7th Infantry Family Member on the Frontier (1858 – 1876) by Robert Luppi
A Gravestone, a Poem, and Her Story “Do not judge a biographyby its length, nor by the number of pages in it. Judge it by
PRIVATE WILFRED CLARK: A Medal of Honor Recipient “Lost to History”
By Friends President, Robert Luppi There are those who have distinguished themselves highly in America’s past and have been recorded in history as such together
Lieutenant Bradley’s Introduction to Plains Indian Warfare at Crazy Woman’s Fork
By Jon G. James, Former Superintendent of Big Hole National Battlefield ( Editor’s note: Lt. James H. Bradley was to later become a member of
The Observations and Experiences of a 7th U.S. Infantryman at the Battle of Big Hole
Sgt. Charles N. Loynes in his letters to Lucullus V. McWhorter By: Robert Luppi, Friends President Charles N. Loynes was an U.S. Army soldier who
CEREMONY HONORS MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT SGT. MILDEN H. WILSON
On May 16, 2015, under fair skies of a mild spring morning, Medal of Honor recipient at the Battle of Big Hole, Sgt. Milden H.
From the Battle of the Big Hole
They Said It………… “About early morning I was awakened. My father and Chief Yellow Bull were standing, talking low. They thought they saw soldiers across
Musician John McLennon
Note: Robert Luppi is president of the Friends of Bear Paw, Big Hole & Canyon Creek Battlefields as well as a direct descendent of John