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The Old Chief Joseph Gravesite is located at the northern end of Wallowa Lake, on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site with commanding views of the lake and surrounding mountains.It is just south of Oregon Highway 351, from which an unpaved drive enters the property through a gateway in a stone wall.
Old Chief Joseph Gravesite of Old Joseph, a National Historic Landmark. Tuekakas, (also tiwi-teqis, meaning "senior warrior" [1]) commonly known as Old Chief Joseph or Joseph the Elder (c. 1785–1871), was a Native American leader of the Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce. Old Joseph was one of the first Nez Percé converts to Christianity and a ...
Original Nez Perce territory (green) and the reduced reservation of 1863 (brown) Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt (or hinmatóowyalahtqĚ“it in Americanist orthography; March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904), popularly known as Chief Joseph, Young Joseph, or Joseph the Younger, was a leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest ...
Joseph Cemetery, Wallowa County, Oregon. Old Chief Joseph Gravesite near Joseph; NRHP-listed; Joseph Cemetery (or Prairie Creek Cemetery), near Joseph ...
Old Chief Joseph Gravesite; W. Wallowa County Chieftain Building; Wallowa County Courthouse; Wallowa Ranger Station; William P. Warnock House This page was ...
The park, near Wallowa Lake, is adjacent to one of the 38 sites of the Nez Perce National Historical Park, the site of the Old Chief Joseph grave and cemetery. [1] Established in 2009, the park lies on 62 acres (25 ha) of land in an area that was once part of the homeland of the Nez Perce.
They were pursued by U.S. Army cavalry forces and fought numerous skirmishes against them during the so-called Nez Perce War, which eventually ended with Chief Joseph's surrender in the Montana Territory. Nez Perce National Historical Park was established in 1965, and a museum was opened at the park headquarters in Spalding, Idaho, in 1983.
Pages in category "Joseph, Oregon" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Old Chief Joseph Gravesite; Oregon Route 82; Oregon Route 350 ...