Lemhi Pass
Continental Divide
Montana/Idaho
Meriwether Lewis stood on the Contenental Divide, poised between the United States and the Territory of Spain; rugged mountains shattered his hopes of an easy portage to the Columbia River watershed. West of Lemhi Pass, Lewis met the Shoshone and they rejoined Clark with horses critical to their journey. The word "Lemhi" derives from the Mormon Fort Limhi founded west of the Divide in 1855.

Row 1--#2-5-information about the pass, #6 & Row 2--#1-view to west from the pass, #2-Lemhi Pass marker, #6 & Row 3--#2-Lewis has several days previous made the observation that from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean would be a much less gradual drop in elevation than it had been getting to the Divide from the east, #3-information about the Continental Divide.