North Fork of the Blackfoot River

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DescriptionThe Salish referred to the main stem of the Blackfoot River as Cokahlarishkit, “River of the road to buffalo,” since the river marked their route to fall buffalo hunts. From the North Fork, the trail climbed over what came to be known as Lewis and Clark Pass and dropped down to the Sun River country. On July 6, 1806, Capt. Meriwether Lewis and a contingent of the Corps of Discovery crossed the North Fork of the Blackfoot River, which Lewis referred to in his journals as the North Fork of the Cokahlarishkit. Over time, both forks gained the name Blackfoot, referring to the Blackfeet tribe’s propensity to follow the rivers when raiding Salish camps on the west side of the Continental Divide. This river flows into the Blackfoot River southeast of Ovando.Other Name(s)North Fork of the CokahlarishkitContributing InstitutionMontana Historical Society Library and ArchivesGeolocation^[1]

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North Fork of the Blackfoot River

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