Google Maps Articles
Barlow Road Center Line
Across the Cascades
Archived: 2020
This center line of the 1845 Barlow Road is a draft from Steve Russell worthy of sharing with the general public. As of this date, Russell has not offered any commentary on this map. In 1996 and 2002, Jim Tompkins of the Oregon-California Trails Association published a self-guided tour. In it, Tompkins introduces the road: […]
Mullan Road: Little Blackfoot to Dearborn Crossing
Archived: 2017
KML file for Google Earth: buswell.kml This map represents 45 years of research by Dr. Rich Buswell of Helena, Montana. The yellow line is a faithful interpretation of his route drawn on a paper Forest Service map, using Township and Range section lines as a reference, by Kris Townsend, August 30, 2017. Buswell has focused […]
Mullan Road River Crossings
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 Townsend and Robert Dunsmore In Mullan’s 1863 report to Congress, two listings of river crossings […]
Mullan Road River Crossings
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 Townsend and Robert Dunsmore In Mullan’s 1863 report to Congress, two listings of river crossings […]
Mullan Road River Crossings
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 Townsend and Robert Dunsmore In his 1863 report to Congress, Mullan included two listings of […]
Mullan Road Center Line
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 the first digital representation of an exhibition for the Staff House Museum in Kellogg, Idaho […]
Verendrye Explorations
Expedition in Search of the Pacific Ocean by Pierre and Francois Gaultier 1742-43
Archived: 2020
The Gaultier Brother’s Expedition through North and South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska in 1742–1743. Based on a journal, written by Francois Gaultier, Chevalier of the Verendrye, and his brother Pierre Gaultier, documenting an Expedition to reach the Western Sea, addressed to M. the Marquis of Beauharnois. 1742–43. Report
Nez Perce 1877 Campaign Center Line
Archived: 2018
KML file for Google Earth, russell-nez-perce.kml The Nez Perce 1877 Campaign Center Line is one of a series of trail research reports that Steve F. Russell is producing for public use. It is a summary of his research and contains only a map set and GPS waypoint data set. His usual coverage of history and […]
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, Bob Dunsmore, and Kris Townsend have contributed the data for this map. Both Buswell and […]
Lewis and Clark Trail Inventory: Kansas
Signs, Statues, and Markers
Archived: 2019
This page is an inventory of sites commemorating the Lewis and Clark journey in the present state of Kansas. In late June 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition entered what is now Kansas camping at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers. From there, the Missouri River essentially forms the border between Kansas and […]