Musselshell Meadows
Pierce Idaho 83546
“the quawmash is now in blume and from the colour of its bloom at a short distance it resembles lakes of fine clear water, so complete is this deseption that on first sight I could have swoarn it was water.”
—Meriwether Lewis, June 12, 1806
Musselshell Meadows is a traditional Nez Perce camp and root-digging area. During the War of 1877, the non-treaty Nez Perce camped here on their flight to freedom. Today, a U.S. Forest Service trail—the Nez Perce/Nee-me-poo Trail—leaves the meadow and climbs into the Bitterroot Mountains in honor of the original “Road to the Buffalo”. The meadow hosts abundant wildlife and an annual crop of blue camas blooms. Views of the meadows and interpretive signs can be accessed from two places: Road 535 and Road 100.
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