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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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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=uw057 uwm57; Y 1.1/2: Serial 1149 map 4 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,220 |
| Creator | Kolecki, Theodore; Mullan, John, 1830-1909; Bien, Julius, 1826-1909. United States. Office of Explorations and Surveys |
| Date | 1863 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Washington : G.P.O. |
| Description | 1 map ; 55 x 128 cm. Contour interval 300 ft. "Sen. Ex. Doc. no. 43, 37th. Cong., 3d. Sess."<br>"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... |
| Subject | Military roads -- Idaho -- Maps; Military roads -- Montana -- Maps; |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | Idaho; Montana |
| Rights | This image may be freely downloaded and used. Please give credit to the University of Washington Libraries. |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Contributor | University of Washington Libraries Map Collection |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Removed from: Report on the construction of a military road from Fort Walla-Walla to Fort Benton. 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) |
