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Chinese Massacre Cove is the site of one of the most brutal crimes committed against Chinese immigrants in the Northwest United States. In May 1887, thirty-four Chinese gold miners were ambushed by horse thieves from Wallowa County. The crime was initially discovered through the appearance of dead bodies floating in the Snake River near ...
The Port of Lewiston is Idaho's only seaport, and is the farthest inland port linked to the Pacific Ocean. The Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport serves the city by air. Lewiston was founded in 1861 in the wake of a gold rush which began the previous year near Pierce, northeast of Lewiston. The city was incorporated by the Washington Territorial ...
The Hells Canyon massacre (also known as the Snake River massacre) was a massacre where thirty-four Chinese goldminers were ambushed and murdered in May 1887. In 2005, the area was renamed Chinese Massacre Cove , and a memorial was placed there in 2012 in three languages, Chinese , English , and Nez Perce .
Biscuit & Hogs. A growing, relatively new Idaho brand, Biscuit & Hogs plans to open its first out-of-state restaurant in Ogden, Utah, soon. But it’s also expanding at home with a second Meridian ...
Hells Gate State Park is a public recreation area located on the southern edge of Lewiston, Idaho, at the Snake River's downstream entrance to Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. The state park was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to mitigate the construction of the Lower Granite Dam ; the Idaho Department of Parks and ...
Downstream from Lowell, the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River flows west, meets the South and North Forks, and enters the Snake River at Lewiston on the Idaho—Washington border, 98 miles (158 km) by river from Lowell. Below Lewiston, the Snake flows 140 miles (230 km) to its confluence with the Columbia River just south of the Tri-Cities ...
Behind the dam, Lower Granite Lake extends 39 miles (63 km) east to Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Washington, and allowed the Lewiston–Clarkston metropolitan area to become a port. [1] [5] The first barge to Portland on the 374-mile (602 km) navigation route was loaded with wheat and departed Lewiston on August 9, 1975. [6] [7] '
Together with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Idaho passed the anti-miscegenation law. [15] Because of these laws, many Chinese men were unable to marry and have children. This led to a diminished Chinese population in the state. By 1910, Idaho had only 859 Chinese residents in contrast to its 4,000 residents in 1870. [15]