GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
for
Nez Perce National Historical Park
and
Big Hole National Battlefield


LAPWAI MISSION

The site is interpreted by a sign at an unpaved roadside pullout on the east side of U.S. Highway 95 approximately 12 miles south of Lewiston, Idaho. Here was the location of the earliest Christian missionary activity among the Nez Perce. This site interprets the impact that missionaries such as Henry Spalding had upon these peoples.

Lapwai Mission site

 MANAGEMENT ISSUES

  • The actual site of the mission is not known, only the general location.

 ACTION PLAN

  • Interpretation on the site will be improved -- visitors will be told about the entire park, referred to the Spalding visitor center, and the interpretive sign will be upgraded.

  • Actual location of the historic site and its ownership will be determined. Strategies will be developed to protect the site.

  • The current memorandum of understanding will be continued.



http://www.nps.gov/nepe/gmp8-5.htm
Last Updated: 12-Nov-1999
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