Mullan Road
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The Mullan Road was the first first wagon road to cross the Rocky Mountains to the Inland of the Pacific Northwest. It was built by US Army Lieut. John Mullan between the spring of 1859 and summer 1860. It led from Fort Benton, Montana to Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory, roughly following the path of modern-day Interstate 90 through the Rockies.
Parts of the Mullan Road can still be traveled. One such section is near Washtucna, Washington.
The American Society of Civil Engineers designated Mullan Road a historic civil engineering landmark in 1977.
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- Letter from Secretary of War transmitting Lieu. Mullan's report, 1861
- Essay on Mullan Road at historylink.org, by Priscilla Long , February 16, 2003
- Blazing the Mullan Road by Mineral County, Montana
- Mullan's point of rocks by Jon Axiline, Montana: The Magazine of Western History (Montana Historical Society), Winter 1999
- Who was Mullan? Answers are many at ruralnorthwest.com, originally from Coeur a'Alene Press, 1963
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