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Mullan Road, The: Carving a Passage trhough the Frontier Northwest, 1859-62

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Twelve top western historians have collaborated to provide this wide-ranging examination of the famed Mullan Road――the 624-mile military wagon road built between Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory, and Fort Benton, someday state of Montana. The essays in Part 1 discuss John Mullan the man, his education, and his preparation for the massive undertaking he would lead between 1859 and 1862. In Part 2 the contributors trace the challenging experiences of Lt. Mullan and his crew right through the road’s construction, section by section and season by season. In spite of everything, the writings in Part 3 examine specific aspects of the expedition, including survey methods used, maps and illustrations made, Mullan’s experiences with the Native Americans along the route, the economic have an effect on of the road when completed, or even the right yet lyrical language Mullan utilized in his official report. Both a very good resource for western history scholars and an absorbing chronicle for lay readers, The Mullan Road: Carving a Passage throughout the Frontier Northwest, 1859–62 will inform, fascinate, and inspire in equal measure.

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