At a pullout on the west side of U.S. Highway 95, about 8 miles south of Lapwai, Idaho, interpretive signs identify the area of the Craig Donation Land Claim as the first place in Idaho where a white settler obtained title to a farm through the Oregon Donation Land Act. William Craig, a mountain man, interpreter, a friend of the Nez Perce and husband of a Nez Perce woman, was the only white person to have official permission from the Nez Perce to live on the reservation. There is potential for development all around the area, including possible widening of U.S. Highway 95. The boundaries of the original land donation have not been determined.
Interpretation is incomplete.
Interpretive emphasis will include both the land donation and Craig's relationship with the Nez Perce. Historic boundary and present ownership of original land donation will be determined. The memorandum of understanding will be retained.