Cooper's Ferry is located at the bottom of a canyon near a bend in the lower Salmon River, at a site the Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) called Nipéhe, an ancient village.
Sources
- 15,000-year-old Idaho archaeology site now among America's oldest (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.science.org/content/article/first-people-americas-came-sea-ancient-tools-unearthed-idaho-river-suggest (science.org)
- https://www.sci.news/archaeology/coopers-ferry-tools-07546.html (sci.news)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/idaho-site-shows-humans-were-north-america-16000-years-ago-180973024/ (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-030-44600-0_220-1 (link.springer.com)
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