Robert H. Dunsmore
Born in Kellogg, Idaho, Robert H. Dunsmore has lived all but two years in northern Idaho’s Silver Valley. He has spent years researching the Mullan Military Road and Yellowstone Trail, and has assembled a large collection of maps, quotations, photos, and bibliographies for these historic routes.
Using old maps, diaries, Mullan’s reports, and boots-on-the-ground research, Dunsmore created an 8-panel display of the Mullan Road between Spokane, Washington and St. Regis, Montana for the Staff House Museum in Kellogg, Idaho. The large panels include a detailed map, photographs, and comments by road builders and travelers.
Dunsmore has analyzed the Mullan Road’s original 91 crossings of the Couer d’ Alene and St. Regis rivers. Presented here in three parts, his maps show the old and current river channels and Mullan’s original route. The maps have been digitized from Dunsmore display panels by Kristopher K. Townsend. The latter has also added descriptive text and the tabular data of these crossings from W. W. Johnson and John Wiesner that were included with Mullan’s Military Reports.
Contributions
Mullan Road Center Line
Walla Walla to Fort Benton
Archived 2018
This Mullan Road center line describes the general route of the Mullan Military Road built between 1859 and 1861. It represents many years of research from several individuals and continues to be adjusted as new research is completed. Rich Buswell,…
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Plante's Ferry to Bitteroot Ferry
Archived 2015
To see the map in fullscreen view, in the map’s upper-right corner, click the button.Key: Mullan Road Original River ChannelTo see distance and elevation, point to a marker. KML file for Google Earth, dunsmore-3.kml. This map is…
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St. Regis River
Archived 2015
To see the map in fullscreen view, in the map’s upper-right corner, click the button.Key: Mullan Road Original River ChannelTo see distance and elevation, point to a marker. KML file for Google Earth: dunsmore-crossings-3.kml Commentary by Kris…
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Coeur d'Alene River Part 1
Archived 2015
To see the map in fullscreen view, in the map’s upper-right corner, click the button.Key: Mullan Road Original River ChannelTo see distance and elevation, point to a marker. KML file for Google Earth, dunsmore-crossings-1.kml Commentary by Kris…
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Coeur d'Alene River Part 2
Archived 2015
To see the map in fullscreen view, in the map’s upper-right corner, click the button.Key: Mullan Road Original River ChannelTo see distance and elevation, point to a marker. KML file for Google Earth: dunsmore-crossings-2.kml Commentary by Kris…
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