Big Hole National Battlefield

Contact Information:
Big Hole National Battlefield
P.O. Box 237
Wisdom, MT 59761
406-689-3155
http://www.nps.gov/biho/

Size: 1,011 acres

Visitation: 57,486 (2003)

Location: Big Hole National Battlefield is located 10 miles west of Wisdom, Montana, on state highway 43. 

Description: Park memorializes the Nez Perce Indians, the soldiers of the 7th U.S. Infantry, and the Bitterroot Volunteers who clashed at the Battle of the Big Hole in August of 1877 -- a dramatic episode in the long struggle to confine the Nez Perce and other Indians to reservations.

Big Hole National Battlefield courtesy of the National Park Service

Operating Hours: Big Hole National Battlefield is open on a daily basis. Summer: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Winter: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day.

History: Established as Big Hole Battlefield National Monument on June 23, 1910; changed to Big Hole National Battlefield on May 17, 1963. In 1992, legislation incorporated Big Hole National Battlefield with Nez Perce National Historical Park, making it part of a unique park consisting of 38 different sites located in five states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. 

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