Chinook Attractions

Bear Paw Battlefield is the site of the last battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877. A community of 700 people made camp on the banks of Snake Creek on September 29. On October 5, Chief Joseph, on behalf of 432 survivors, ended the battle as he gave his rifle to Colonel Nelson A. Miles saying "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more, forever."

The Blaine County Museum in Chinook features exhibits of the pioneer days, the homestead era, and of Blaine County through two World Wars. An early church, school rooms, country dentist and doctors offices, and a reconstructed, "Tar paper" homestead, with period furnishings are displayed.