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The Pioneer as Nationalist

"The American frontiersman expressed his individualism by seeking an untrod path into the wilderness for a new home. Yet the pioneers' individualism and adaptability did not preclude their willingness to…

Complaints Against Magraw

"The bill of indictment agains Magraw contained innumerable petty and some amusing complaints. His critics claimed that the superintendent was well known on the plains apparently had an old quarrel…

Magraw and the Survey of Fort Kearny, South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road

"[In] 1857 Congress passed the Pacific Wagon Road Act. The act appropriated three hundred thousand dollars to survey and construct the 'Fort Kearney, South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road.' Having bitterly…

Simpson’s Route to California

"In midwinter [1858-59] Simpson requested the Secretary of War, through the Bureau in Washington, to authorize a program of exploration for the spring which included a wagon-road survey from Camp…

Fort Bridger to Camp Floyd

"[In 1858] General Johnson first ordered [Captain Simpson of the topographical engineering corps] to ascertain the feasibility of opening a wagon road between Camp Floyd and Fort Bridger by way…

Military Roads

"First roads on the frontier were often known locally as military roads. More important for western development, these routes became migratory wagon roads for settlers, and when a community was…

Westerners and Government Roads

"Individualism and adaptability characterized all those who participated in America's westward movement. Frontiersmen evinced this as they sought out new routes toward the West and more convenient means of transport.…

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Scott AlumbaughIn early March 2020, I decided to bikepack the length of the Pony Express Trail in Summer 2021, following the Pony Express Bikepacking Route, a nearly all off-road route created by Jan Bennett. You can learn more here >

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