Jumat, 13 Oktober 2017

Hardworking John Mullan Built the First Federally Funded Road out West

The Mullan Road stimulated growth in the Northwest. John Mullan reached the Big Side-cut, also known as Point of Rocks, near present-day Alberton, Montana, in the spring of 1860. He knew where he wanted his road to go, but it wasn’t that simple. It was a case of “You can’t get there from here”—at least …

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