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 and eventually became a significant component of Interstate 90, established the West Point graduate as an accomplished engineer. After completing the West's first highway, he lived for nearly another half century, a period of dynamic change. 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 DeSmet, General Sherman, John Bidwell, Elias Pierce, and Chief Owhi.

• | Author: Keith Petersen
• | Publisher: Washington State University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 28, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0874223210
• | ISBN-13: 9780874223217