Riding the Magruder Corridor | IDBDR

Описание: I finally got to ride Magruder Corridor through the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and the Frank Church Wilderness starting in Elk City, Idaho and ending in Darby, Montana after dreaming about it for the last two years! It is a small section of the Idaho Back Country Discovery Route. I seem to be doing a slow section by section ride of the IDBDR every year lol

Learn more about the Magruder Corridor, its history here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_...

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For my fellow history buffs here's a little more information about why it's called the Magruder Corridor from the NFS:

Gold was discovered near Elk
City, Idaho, in 1861 and near
Bannack, Montana, in 1862.
Many miners and traders used
the Southern Nez Perce Trail
as the most direct route from
Elk City, Idaho, to Bannack or
Virginia City, Montana.
In 1863 Lloyd Magruder and
companions were returning
along this route from Virginia
City after making a handsome
profit of gold dust from selling
supplies to miners. Four other
travelers joined the Magruder
group.

A few days later, the travelers
attacked, murdered and robbed
Magruder and his companions in
the dark of the night.

The murderers rolled the dead
man over a cliff, burned and
buried the remaining evidence
of their crime and fled to San
Francisco with their stolen booty. Hill Beachey, Magruder’s
friend, pursued the murderers
and brought them back to stand
trial in Lewiston, Idaho.

Three of the men were found
guilty and were hung on the 4th
of March, 1864.
Lloyd Magruder had been a
successful California merchant.
He was a well respected man
and had many friends. Prior to
his ill-fated trip, he had agreed to
represent the Idaho Territory in
Congress.
As a result of this event, many
places bear the name “Magruder,” among them the road on
which you are traveling.

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