Methodology Articles
Precision Surveying of Historic Trails
Archived: 2006
Scholarly research on historic trails with original journals, original maps, and modern field work (camping out all summer). Work with state, federal, Tribal, and historic preservation agencies. High-accuracy GIS results using ARCVIEW and precision GPS. Natural history documentation: geology, plants, animals. Archival results: publications and documentation in state historical society archives and journals.
In Their Footsteps
The Lewis and Clark Trail
Archived: 2004
Lewis and Clark Trail: In Their Footsteps presents the research results and methods of Steve F. Russell, Historic Trails Research, Ames, Iowa. Presented at the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana by invitation of the Headwaters Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation (now the Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance). Photos and maps are […]
Historic Trail Discovery and Research Methodology
Archived: 2014
This brief monograph addresses the methodology Steve Russell has developed for finding historic trails and wagon roads. Trying to describe a process that has been developed using science, inference, and intuition is difficult because it involves so many variables and perturbations. It is similar to a basketball coach writing a monograph on the process of […]