From the Bitter Root River Heading to Fort Walla-Walla
I've been breaking up the series of the 1853 surveys and explorations to determine the most practicable route for the railway system,...
Search
B. Sullivan
Blackfoot Valley to Fort Owen.
Before rejoining Isaac Stevens’s narrative of 1853, I want to share a little information. The surveying team was about reach the...
B. Sullivan
Back to the Surveys and Explorations
Fort Benton Toward the Bitteroot River On September 23, 1853 the surveying groups headed off in their separate directions. Lt. Saxton...
B. Sullivan
#24. The Council With the Blackfeet (continued)
While a number of Native Americans had been skirmishing with Americans, “the Blackfeet, had been conducting an unofficial war on...
B. Sullivan
# 23: Council With the Blackfeet
From the 7th through the 11th both Tinkham and Lt. Saxtons teams traversed, in different directions, over rather rough terrain with no...
B. Sullivan
#22. Lt. Saxton Reaches the Marias River
For readers who have missed earlier portions of this series, we are reviewing the final report of the explorations (1853-1855) made by...
B. Sullivan
#21. Lt. Saxton Reports
For readers who have missed earlier portions of this series, we are reviewing the final report of the explorations (1853-1855) made by...
B. Sullivan
#20. Reports and More Reports.
For readers who have missed earlier portions of this series, we are reviewing the final report of the explorations (1853-1855) made by...
B. Sullivan
#18. Marias Pass and Reports
For readers who have missed earlier portions of this series, we are reviewing the final report of the explorations (1853-1855) made by...
B. Sullivan
#17 Arrival at Fort Benton
We left Stevens and his surveying crews having just arrived at Fort Benton, on the eastern bank of the Missouri, near the Great Bend...