• Big Hole National Battlefield, Wisdom Montana

    Big Hole

    National Battlefield Montana

Bearing Witness

On August 9, 1877 gun shots shattered a chilly dawn on a sleeping camp of Nez Perce. By the time the smoke cleared on August 10, almost 90 Nez Perce were dead along with 31 soldiers and volunteers. Big Hole National Battlefield was created to honor all who were there.

Features

  • Bear Paw Battlefield

    Bear Paw Battlefield

    Located 16 miles south of Chinook, Montana on Highway 240, the battlefield commemorates the final conflict of the Nez Perce War of 1877.

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  • Museum at Nez Perce National Historical Park

    Nez Perce National Historical Park

    Big Hole is a component of Nez Perce National Historical Park. Nez Perce is a park about a people, for all people. It is not one place but many.

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  • Social Media

    Big Hole National Battlefield on Social Media

    Follow Big Hole National Battlefield on Twitter and Facebook. Learn what is happening at the park as it happens.

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  • Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail

    Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail

    The Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail protects the 1,170 mile trail taken by several bands of Nez Perce during the flight of 1877.

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  • Big Hole National Battlefield Web Camera

    Big Hole Web Camera

    The battlefield changes with every season. Take a look and see what the battlefield looks like today.

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Did You Know?

Soldiers monument at Big Hole National Battlefield.

In 1883, the US government placed a 6 ton monument at Big Hole National Battlefield.  The monument was in honor of the soldiers and volunteers that died in the battle.  It would be forty years before a memorial would be placed here for the Nez Perce.