Map of military road from Fort Walla Walla on the Columbia to Fort Benton on the Missouri (1863)

Map of military road from Fort Walla Walla on the Columbia to Fort Benton on the Missouri (1863)

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1 map ; 44 x 85 cm.<br>At head of title: War Department<br>Prepared from field notes from 1858-1863<br>Shows topography in the vicinity of the route from the Missouri River to the west boundary of Idaho Territory. Includes hydrography, prairies, identified by names, the location of winter camps, battle sites, Indian trails, forts, gold mines, and springs. Shows the general location of Indian tribes<br>"Lith. of J. Bien, 24 Vesey Street, New York."<br>Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1149 (37-3) S.exdoc. 43, map 1<br>Scale 1:1,000,000<br>When Washington Territory was created out of the Oregon Territory in 1853, newly appointed Governor Isaac Stevens immediately pushed for the surveying of a route over which a transcontinental railway could be run. To this end, he asked for and got several teams of government surveyors who proceeded to begin charting passes and routes across the Washington Territory. As the best routes were eventually chosen, the survey of the specific route began in 1858. The Mullan road (named for John Mullan, the primary surveyor of the route and the man subsequently placed in charge of the road's construction), a permanent wagon road from the Mississippi River to the Puget Sound, was constructed in 1859-1860. In 1861 and 1862, an improved road was constructed and slightly rerouted. When the Northern Pacific Railroad was built approximately a quarter century later, it followed Mullan's route very closely.

Mullan, John, 1830-1909<br>Bien, Julius, 1826-1909<br>Freyhold, Edward<br>United States. Office of Explorations and Surveys

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1863

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Removed from: Report on the construction of a military road from Fort Walla-Walla to Fort Benton<br>Removed from: Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, the report and maps of Captain John Mullan, United States Army, of his operations while engaged in the construction of a military road from Fort Walla-Walla, on the Columbia River, to Fort Benton, on the Missouri River. Washington : G.P.O., 1863. (Ex. Doc. / 37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate ; no. 43)

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