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Map of the mountain section of the Ft. Walla Walla & Ft. Benton military wagon road : from Coeur d'Alene Lake to the Dearborn River, Washington Territory, constructed under direction of the War Department (1863). Fort Walla Walla and Fort Benton military wagon road (1863)

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Title	Map of the mountain section of the Ft. Walla Walla & Ft. Benton military wagon road : from Coeur d'Alene Lake to the Dearborn River, Washington Territory, constructed under direction of the War Department (1863). Fort Walla Walla and Fort Benton military wagon road (1863)
Creator	Kolecki, Theodore; Mullan, John, 1830-1909; Bien, Julius, 1826-1909.; United States. Office of Explorations and Surveys
Date.Original	1863
Publisher	Washington : Government Printing Office.
Description	1 map ; 55 x 128 cm. Contour interval 300 ft. "Sen. Ex. Doc. no. 43, 37th. Cong., 3d. Sess." "Lith. of J. Bien, 24 Vesey St. N.Y." Shows topography and hydrography along the wagon road. Identifies by name winter campsite, mountain peaks and prairie. Shows trails of reconnaissance. Scale 1:300,000. 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.
Subject	Military roads--Idaho--Maps; Military roads--Montana--Maps;
Type	Image
Genre	Maps
Location Depicted	United States--Idaho; United States--Montana
Rights Notes	No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was created by the United States government. Please give credit to the University of Washington Libraries.
Identifier	uwm57; Y 1.1/2: Serial 1149 map 4
Holding Institution	University of Washington Libraries Government Publications Section
Format	image/jpg2000
Contributors	University of Washington Libraries Map Collection
Language	English
Source	Is removed from Report on the construction of a military road from Fort Walla-Walla to Fort Benton. Is 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). Y 1.1/2: Serial 1149 map 4 at University of Washington Libraries Government Publications Section

Map of the mountain section of the Ft. Walla Walla & Ft. Benton military wagon road : from Coeur d'Alene Lake to the Dearborn River, Washington Territory, constructed under direction of the War Department (1863). Fort Walla Walla and Fort Benton military wagon road (1863)

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