The Crisis at Fort Limhi 1858 BY DAVID L. BIGLER
The valley of Salmon River's east fork, now named Lemhi River, was the location selected by Mormon missionaries to the Indians in 1855 for the site of Fort Limhi.
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he mild, south wind on Monday, March 8, 1858, began to blow the moisture from the communal "big fields," alongside Mormon settlements Mr. Bigler, a graduate in journalism from the University of Utah, is director of Public Relations, Mountain States District, United States Steel, at Salt Lake City. This article is a chapter of his study, now nearing completion, "Massacre at Fort Limhi, Early Mormons in Oregon Territory, 1855—58."
