Kurt's Reviews > Following the Nez Perce Trail: A Guide to the Nee-Me-Poo National Historic Trail with Eyewitness Accounts

A very good guide for those people like me who are mildly obsessed with the history and culture of the Nez Perce people (aka the Nee-Me-Poo). I just got back from a four-day trip exploring the western one-fourth of the National Historic Trail—from the Wallowa Valley in Oregon to the beginning of the Lolo Trail in Idaho. I had visited most of the sites before, but this time I brought along this guide book, which I had also read and studied beforehand. It was a very helpful companion to have along.

The book is full of first-hand accounts of much of the activity that occurred at or near the sites, along with a lot of other background information and history. The author gives lots of alternatives for routes to visit the various sites depending on how adventurous you really want to be.

My one gripe is the same one that I have for nearly all travel guides: lack of decent maps and exact coordinates of the sites. I also would have appreciated a bit more description of the geography of the areas, but that is probably just me. Overall, this is a great guidebook – indispensable for travelers of the Nez Perce Trail.