The Bitterroot National Forest has been occupied by humans for 8,000 years or longer. It is the homeland of the Bitterroot Salish Indians, along with other tribes such as the Kootenai, Pend d’Oreille, Shoshone and Nex Perce. The Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1805 was the first recorded contact of Euro-Americans here which accelerated in…
