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Lemhi Pass

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Lemhi Pass is a high mountain pass in the Beaverhead Mountains, part of the Bitterroot Range in the Rocky Mountains and within Salmon-Challis National Forest. [1]

36 relations: Alexander Ross (fur trader), Bannock Pass, Beaverhead County, Montana, Beaverhead Mountains, Bitterroot Range, Blackfoot Confederacy, Cameahwait, Continental Divide of the Americas, Elevation, Fort Lemhi, Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad, Idaho, Lemhi County, Idaho, Lemhi Shoshone, Lewis and Clark Expedition, List of mountain passes in Montana (A-L), List of National Historic Landmarks in Idaho, List of National Historic Landmarks in Montana, Louisiana Purchase, Meriwether Lewis, Metres above sea level, Montana, Mormons, Mountain pass, National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaverhead County, Montana, National Register of Historic Places listings in Lemhi County, Idaho, Oregon Treaty, Rare-earth element, Rocky Mountains, Salmon River (Idaho), Salmon-Challis National Forest, South Pass (Wyoming), Tendoy, Idaho, Thorium, United States Forest Service.

Alexander Ross (fur trader)

Alexander Ross (May 9, 1783 – October 23, 1856 b. Morayshire, Scotland) was a fur trader and author.

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Bannock Pass

Bannock Pass is a high mountain pass in the Beaverhead Mountains, part of the Bitterroot Range in the Rocky Mountains.

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Beaverhead County, Montana

Beaverhead County is the largest county by area in the U.S. state of Montana.

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Beaverhead Mountains

The Beaverhead Mountains, highest point Scott Peak, el.

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Bitterroot Range

The Bitterroot Range is a mountain range and a subrange of the Rocky Mountains that runs along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States.

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Blackfoot Confederacy

The Blackfoot Confederacy, Niitsitapi or Siksikaitsitapi (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ, meaning "the people" or "Blackfoot-speaking real people"Compare to Ojibwe: Anishinaabeg and Quinnipiac: Eansketambawg) is a historic collective name for the four bands that make up the Blackfoot or Blackfeet people: three First Nation band governments in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, and one federally recognized Native American tribe in Montana, United States.

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Cameahwait

Cameahwait was the brother of Sacagawea, and a Shoshone chief.

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Continental Divide of the Americas

The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Continental Gulf of Division, or merely the Continental Divide) is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas.

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Elevation

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Vertical datum).

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Fort Lemhi

Fort Lemhi was a mission approximately two miles (3 km) north of present-day Tendoy, Idaho, occupied by Mormon missionaries from 1855 to 1858.

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Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad

The Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad (G&P), now defunct, was an American railroad located in southwestern Montana and east-central Idaho.

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Idaho

Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States.

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Lemhi County, Idaho

Lemhi County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho.

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Lemhi Shoshone

The Lemhi Shoshone are a tribe of Northern Shoshone, called the Akaitikka, Agaidika, or "Eaters of Salmon."Murphy and Murphy, 306 The name "Lemhi" comes from Fort Lemhi, a Mormon mission to this group.

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.

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List of mountain passes in Montana (A-L)

There are at least 290 named mountain passes in Montana.

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List of National Historic Landmarks in Idaho

This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Idaho.

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List of National Historic Landmarks in Montana

The List of National Historic Landmarks in Montana contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Montana.

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Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase (Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.

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Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark.

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Metres above sea level

Metres above mean sea level (MAMSL) or simply metres above sea level (MASL or m a.s.l.) is a standard metric measurement in metres of the elevation or altitude of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level.

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Montana

Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.

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Mormons

Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity, initiated by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaverhead County, Montana

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaverhead County, Montana.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lemhi County, Idaho

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lemhi County, Idaho.

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Oregon Treaty

The Oregon Treaty is a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. Signed under the presidency of James K. Polk, the treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country; the area had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818.

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Rare-earth element

A rare-earth element (REE) or rare-earth metal (REM), as defined by IUPAC, is one of a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides, as well as scandium and yttrium.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

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Salmon River (Idaho)

The Salmon River is located in Idaho in the northwestern United States.

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Salmon-Challis National Forest

Salmon-Challis National Forest is located in east central sections of the U.S. state of Idaho.

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South Pass (Wyoming)

South Pass (elevation and) is the collective term for two mountain passes on the Continental Divide, in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Wyoming.

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Tendoy, Idaho

Tendoy is an unincorporated community in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States.

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Thorium

Thorium is a weakly radioactive metallic chemical element with symbol Th and atomic number 90.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemhi_Pass

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