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John Mullan : The Tumultuous Life of a Western Road Builder /

"John Mullan's celebrated road--a 625-mile link that connected the Missouri and Columbia Rivers--established the West Point graduate as an accomplished engineer ... Keith Petersen takes a fresh look at Mullan, whose road significantly impacted the development of the Northwest. His story in...

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Autor principal: Petersen, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Prologue: New York City, May 7, 1863 -- Prelude: Out west, 1841 -- Annapolis -- West Point -- Railroad survey -- Explorer -- Killing time -- Prelude: Latah Creek, Washington Territory, 1858 -- "Lieutenant Mullan's party has been saved from destruction" -- Wright's revenge -- Mullan's Road, 1859-1860 -- Mullan's Road, 1861-1862 -- "Capt. Mullan wishes to be made Governor of Idahoe" -- Prelude: Office of the Governor, Sacramento, January 18, 1889 -- Family feud -- The Chico to Boise line -- "The notorious Captain John Mullan" -- Rise and fall -- Dear Papa -- America's great National Highway -- Epilogue: Mullan, Idaho, January 1, 2001. 
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