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Daly invested some of his money in horse breeding at his Bitterroot Stock Farm located near Hamilton. A number of his horses were successful, which some speculators attributed to the elevation and climate of Hamilton, and others to the rich feed produced by the valley. In 1891, Daly became the owner of Tammany, identified as Horse of the Year ...
In October 1891, a contingent of troops from Fort Missoula forced Charlot and the Salish out of the Bitterroot and roughly marched the small band sixty miles to the Flathead Reservation. [5] The three main tribes moved to the Flathead Reservation were the Bitterroot Salish, the Pend d'Oreille, and the Kootenai.
Communities within the valley include: Lolo in Missoula County; and Florence, Stevensville, Victor, Corvallis, Hamilton, Darby, Conner, and Sula in Ravalli County. Hamilton, the largest town and the county seat of Ravalli County, is located at 46°14.8'N and 114°09.6'W at an elevation of 3,570 feet (1,090 m) with a population of 12,000.
In 1891, the Bitterroot Salish who remained in the valley were forced to remove to the Flathead Indian Reservation. [11] In 1893, Ravalli County was created, and Stevensville became the county seat until 1898, when the town lost the election to Hamilton. More than forty properties in Stevensville are listed on the National Register of Historic ...
This structure still stands, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.) [13] John Owen, a civilian sutler at Fort Hall in what is now southeastern Idaho, moved to the Bitterroot Valley and purchased the site of St. Mary's Mission for $250 ($9,156 in 2023 dollars). [9] This was the first recorded land transaction in Montana. [9]
In the Nez Perce War of 1877, the U.S. Army defeated, but did not demoralize, the Nez Perce under Chief Joseph at the Battle of the Clearwater, July 11–12.Pursued by General O. O. Howard the Nez Perce, numbering about 200 warriors and 750 persons in total along with more than 2,000 horses, decided to flee across Lolo Pass into the Bitterroot Valley and onward to the Great Plains.
Ravalli County Museum has a total of 9 exhibit galleries, with five of the galleries housing permanent exhibits. “The Discovery: Lewis & Clark Meet the Salish in the Bitter Root,” is a display that depicts the story of the historic encounter between the Salish Tribe and Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the Bitterroot Valley, just before they crossed the Continental Divide in 1805.
This treaty between the Salish, Pend d'Oreilles, and Kootenais and the U.S. government provided for the Flathead Indian Reservation in the lower Flathead River Valley and a provisional second reservation in the Bitterroot Valley. The treaty called for a survey of the Bitterroot Valley, after which the president would decide which valley would ...