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Older: Snow Rollers on the Camas Prairie 3/31/09 »
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Older: Snow Rollers on the Camas Prairie 3/31/09 »
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The Camas Prairie ecoregion is a cold, wet valley used for small grain and alfalfa farming, pasture, range, and wildlife refuge.
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Lewiston is located at the junction of the Snake and Clearwater, but we went by way of Camas Prairie and crossed at Craig's ferry, and two days later landed in Oro Fino city.
Reminiscences of a Pioneer William Thompson
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Descending the Malade (Big Wood River) to the mouth of Camas Creek. the party turns west across Camas Prairie and the divide to the head of the Boise River; see pages 80-89 of "Fur Hunters."
JOURNAL OF ALEXANDER ROSS - SNAKE COUNTRY EXPEDITION, 1824 1913
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Lewiston is located at the junction of the Snake and Clearwater, but we went by way of Camas Prairie and crossed at Craig's ferry, and two days later landed in Oro Fino city.
Reminiscences of a Pioneer Thompson, William, Colonel 1912
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The root which the Indians used in so many ways is now known as camas; it is still much sought for by the Nez Percés and other wandering tribes in the Northwest, and Camas Prairie, in that region, derives its name from the much-sought-for vegetable.
First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 1805
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Blowing snow is expected in the Camas Prairie area, which is expected to get 2 to 4 inches of snow.
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Edible bulbs of the blue flowering camas (Camassia quamash) that grow in extensive meadows were harvested for thousands of years by native Americans in Idaho and other northwestern states. In Idaho, Camas Prairie is the ancient gathering place of the Nez Perce Indian tribe.
December 23, 2010