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Cow Island Landing, Nez Perce National Historical Park

A dirt road winding toward a rock formation within beige-rock badlands at Cow Island Landing, Nez Perce National Historical Park
National Park Service
Thursday, March 9, 2023

"Cow Island was the site of the Battle of Cow Island on September 23, 1877. The Nez Perce were fleeing from pursuing Army units toward Canada. They crossed the Missouri at the Cow Island ford on September 23." Cow Island Landing is one "of 38 places [within Nez Perce National Historical Park] important to the history and culture of the [Nez Perce] nimíipuu."

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