Description
Two rock cairns in the NE extremity of the county on Lolo Trail in sec 17,T37N,R12E, Boise Meridian
History
Named from an old story that Indians conveyed messages by piling these stones in various ways. Legend also has is that it was a spot where prospectors, warriors, and hunters left messages. The site is probably where Lewis and Clark lost their way on their return trip E in 1806. Named in 1886 by Wellington Bird's contruction crew, employed by the US Department of Interior to build a road from Lewiston, Idaho, to Virginia City, Montana.