Chief Joseph

Chief Joseph is a memorial in Golden Valley, Montana. Chief Joseph is situated nearby to the police station Golden Valley Sheriff’s Office, as well as near Ryegate Post Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ryegate.

Town

Ryegate is a town in, and the county seat of, Golden Valley County, Montana, United States. The population was 223 at the 2020 census. Ryegate is situated on the north bank of the Musselshell River.

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce people crossed the Musselshell River in Ryegate, Montana on September 17, 1877. They were on their way to Canada after being forced from their homeland in Idaho by the U.S. government”
Category: historic site
Location: Golden Valley, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.29712° or 46° 17′ 50″ north

Longitude

-109.24835° or 109° 14′ 54″ west

Open location code

85RG7QW2+RM

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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