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.
Temas:
Mullan, John, > 1830-1909.
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers.
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers > Officers > Biography.
Surveyors.
Military engineers.
Lawyers.
Explorers.
Armed Forces > Officers.
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
Surveyors > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Explorers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Military engineers > United States > Biography.
Washington (D.C.)
West United States.
United States > Mullan Road.
United States.
Pacific Northwest.
Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Mullan Road > History.
Northwest, Pacific > Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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