John Mullan

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John Mullan is written by Keith Petersen and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0874223210 (ISBN 10) and 9780874223217 (ISBN 13).

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.