Missouri Breaks, Cow Island area. From a hill on the east side of Cow Creek, a view across the Cow Creek Bottems to the buildings of the Kipp homestead on the west side of the Cow Creek Valley. Missouri River visible on right side of photo. 11.22.09

Missouri Breaks, Cow Island area. From a hill on the east side of Cow Creek, a view across the Cow Creek Bottems to the buildings of the Kipp homestead on the west side of the Cow Creek Valley. Missouri River visible on right side of photo. 11.22.09

Looking northeast up Cow Creek, Cow Island Trail visible, Missouri Breaks, Montana 11.22.09 — Looking northeast up…

Missouri Breaks, Cow Island Area, Looking north up Cow Creek, Cow Island Freighting Trail visible in foreground, right side. 11.22.09 — Missouri Breaks, Cow…

Montana Missouri Breaks, Cow Island area, looking East, to Mouth of Cow Creek, as it runs into Missouri, 11.22.09 — Montana Missouri Bre…

Missouri Breaks, Cow Island area, Looking northwest across Cow Creek bottom, where Cow Creek joins Missouri, 11.22.09 — Missouri Breaks, Cow…

Looking southwest, down Missouri, below mouth of Cow Creek, to abandoned homestead, and beyond that to area of entrenchments of soldiers, at time of crosssing of Nez Perce, 23 Sept. 1877, at Cow Island Crossing. Cottonwoods are on Cow Island in Missouri, Misssouri, Breaks, Montana 11.22.09 — Looking southwest, d…

Looking Southwest toward western (upstream) tip of Cow Island, below mouth of Cow Creek, Missouri Breaks, Montana. Cow Island was a much used Missouri River crossing for migratory buffalo and for nomadic Native Americans. On 23 September, 1877, the Nez Perces crossed in their flight to Canada. — Looking Southwest to…

Montana Missouri Breaks, Cow Island area, near road between Bull Creek and Cow Creek, looking back to the southwest, toward the homestead buildings at the mouth of Bull Creek. 11.22.09 — Montana Missouri Bre…