1853 Surveys; Transcontinental RR 2/4

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#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...

#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...

#19. Lt. Grover; Lt. Saxton and Chief Peo Peo Mox Mox

For readers who have missed earlier portions of this series, we are reviewing the final report of the explorations (1853-1855) made by...

#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...

#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...

#16 The Milk River (continued)

The end of August 1853 found Stevens and several of his teams continuing their journey to Fort Benton. In the last segment, stolen horses...

#15 The Milk River

For readers who have missed earlier portions of this series, we are reviewing the final report of the explorations (1853-1855) made by...

# 14: From Fort Union to the Milk River (Heading to Fort Benton)

For readers who have missed earlier portions of this series, we are reviewing the final report of the explorations (1853-1855) made by...

#13. Natawista Iksina (Medicine Snake Woman)

August 2 - 9, 1853 (continued) Isaac Stevens’ journal describes in great detail the work occupying the men in preparing for their...

#12. Fort Union - The Journey Continues

August 2 - 9, 1853 Isaac Stevens’ journal describes the plateau between the Missouri and Mouse rivers as an area that could not be called...