Linda Haywood shows the map from David Thompson’s Journal that outlilned the’ Saleesh Road to the Buffalo’ upon which the road signs and the new festival are based. (Marla Hall/Clark Fork Valley Press)
June 29, 2017
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June 29, 2017 1:54 p.m.
Noxon launches Road to the Buffalo Festival
Drivers on Highways 200 or 28 have likely noticed the brown and white road signs indicating the “Road to the Buffalo.” In total, there are 12 signs that mark what fur trader, David Thompson, who was the first documented fur trader to come to the Thompson Falls area, referred to as the “Saleesh (phonetic spelling) Road to the Buffalo” in his numerous journals.