John Mullan: The Tumultuous Life of a Western Road Builder, Paperback/Keith C. Petersen - Washington State University Press

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Idaho Library Association Book Award John Mullan\'s celebrated road, a 625-mile link that connected the Missouri and Columbia rivers and eventually became a significant component of Interstate 90, established the West Point graduate as an accomplished engineer.
Now Idaho State Historian Keith Petersen takes a fresh look at the dashing young soldier/explorer--probing his complex personality and continuing a story that includes business partnerships and personal relationships with some of the West\'s most intriguing characters characters: Father De Smet, General Sherman, John Bidwell, Elias Pierce, and Chief Owhi..
After completing the West\'s first highway, he lived for nearly another half century, a period of dynamic change.
Idaho Library Association Book Award John Mullan\'s celebrated road, a 625-mile link that connected the Missouri and Columbia rivers and eventually became a significant component of Interstate 90, established the West Point graduate as an accomplished engineer