A View of Tohotonimme

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This file appears in: Tohotonimme/Pine Creek/Steptoe Battlefield

What the battlefield looks like nowadays. Looking southeast from the Steptoe Memorial towards Highway 195.

Image by author, 2013.

This file appears in: Tohotonimme/Pine Creek/Steptoe Battlefield

By Robert M. Lambeth
This is the Tohotonimme battlefield where on May 17, 1858 a combined force of around 650 Spokan, Palus, and Coeur d' Alene warriors fought against the encroachments of Col. Edward Steptoe and his column of 160 men. His group also included a…