MULLAN cHRoNIcLES Volume Six Winter 1995 Number One TheNorthern overlandRoute ro oregon

In Mav this year we receivedsome mate- rials from avid Mullanite Robert Dunsmore.Includedwas an arriclethat originallywaspublishedintheJuly 1950 Pa c ifi cIV o rth w es t Quarterly entitled "The Northern OverlandRoutein 1875:Jour- nal of HenryLueg." This piecewaswrit- ten by C.S.Kingston and concernedthe diarymadebyLueg, aGermanimmigrant, ashe traveled wesr with a group headedfor theMontanamines. Lueg,Kingstonwrites, was37when hemade thetrek duringhis sixthyear of PanoramaofHelm4 Montnra Territary,in 185 5, drawn by G.R.Bechler. living in the United States.He hadput in regardingthe nature of his grief." againsthosdlelndians,thepassengeff were rwo yearsof military serviceand knocked Kingston writes fufther: "The expedi- requiredto provide themselveswith arms. aroundawhilebefore arrivinginSt. Paul, tion wasorganized by a'so-calledCap- Lueghad a repeating Spencer carbine and he writes, adding "He decidedto go on tainDa-,y'(Lueg'swords)who agreedto to the Far \fest, ashe saysin an opening carry passengerswith 50pounds of bag- paragraph,because of 'bad times and gagefromSt.CloudonMay25,butwas I n" also had a dog sorrow' which he had experiencedin St. held up by badweather and did nor leave I whichhe took along Paul, but givesno hint in the narrative untilJune 25.To protect the expedition I I as a companion-a I "medium-sized" Wclgon rutslnfo the pclst I I naf-Newfoundland Rediscweringthe first federally bwilt rodd in the West dog he called Jeff. By Andrew Tarica overthe Continental Divide atotal of I 524miles, and served as an overland y journeyalongthe historic Colt army revolverbut hadno occasion connectionberween Forr'Walla \X/alla, MullanRoadbeganinadusry to usethe weapons.He also had a dog \ilashington,on the ColumbiaRiver cornerofaused bookstore in whichhe took a1Oregon Trail. andFrench, were bound along abandonedpioneer home that had Completed in 1862,it stretched thenorthern routethat would eventu- "Wagon (See ruts " on page two) (See"Northern" on page four) MULLANcnnoNrcLEs Volume Six, Number One Wagonruts still show the way been invaded and taken over by nalMullanRoad. . So off we srerre.l mv mansv'loua..o*'offfJ"i'"i ""#iTf:till*'*o,rryhi.dden be- ;,.t'.S"*,"1,1[',1"ffiiotlund the eerie-home, behind a rundown hind scrubbyhills". offto tt . r;a" of Desimoneand l alsofound our ex- windmill, was the vintage Mullan the main rtad, behi"d b;;a:;;; pecationsfultyrealizedfollowingMul- Roac-inallitsbeauty,"3{t.ttrtt.v. fences,with wago" *tr ;;.;.il; iltf.;r;dffip*irrr.smafltown "Our firstconfirmed sighting," " said into thedisr"rr..] of Avon, Montana,we rurnedonto scott, who like I, was a *c-hingToran In otherplaces,.'we saw only frag- Ji* ,.o"i t."a;"g ;"., M"llan pass- ad'reffure' ments.ofth'e gtig-T"l ,o"d. F'o, .i- o.igi.r"1*"gonrutsleadingtheway. wehikedalongtheroadforawhile, -^ ampleriustnorch#v"ll"yahgrgi; ?t; p;r'h ;.:;;"d"alty overthe taking note of oid *"gor, *r, urri *^y il crossesthe Touchet'RirTerContinental Difide. At the top overgrownbushesthatcoveredmuchnear the town of Prescott.Under- DeSimoneandlwererewardedwith ofthepath'Itwashotandsunny,andneath-the new, .on.r.r. bridgewe ,p.ou.,rl"rviewslookingdowninto thepungent smell of din permeated found the half-buri.d,*ooJ!r, ,"- ,th. *id.-open valleycarved by rhe thedryair' mainsof the bridgeMullan andhis MissouriRiver. crewhadbuiitnea"rlyl4oyearsago. Thoughthe MullanRoad erse^,"I':l::3_tllllinsoversomeonesprlvateDroDerty'so\1'eeventu- never Itwasthewinterof 1853-5-twhen achieved"thepopularity of the Or- aily headedb".k ,o'-y truc\ and Mullan-who was parr .f I;;; .gor,_r.il (mainly becausespring continued on . . . through_anumber of stevens'transconrin."la ruro"Jl*- ij?od, *"rhed treesover much of its tiny towns where the Mullan Road vey-first discovereJa wagon roure path),it did b;;;;;r"vel routefor To thedry, 134years later,Desimone and t teft :HlH*'"*::?:';f"tominersand seaff/eto retracetheir route,Armed with our ,."?$:.',:'f;ffiff:i:*":";t: campinggear, maps,and fly rods-ratherthan il.t*:*:::k.,fii*-r,t: wagons,oxen and shovers-wespent a week X:lH,T:iff:":.$:;,1,:::lil On this baCk fAads miSSiOn iq !h. mid-1850sand the mines of Idaho'sSilver Valley in 1880s. passedduringthefrontierera-Benge, overthe ContinentalDivide in what As for the g.og.;phy of the road, Lamont, Spangle, the roadledon.- isnowMontana. MJ;;-;;-";;;?. routein his Construccionoftheroadbeganon Askedbyy\eSwndqOregonianin 1861bookR tpiiii;c"nsywctionof June.25,1859, when." gto.tp-of September1383, ro..fi.o.r?t nr aMiliaryRooap*i"nBentontoFort "p- air- proximately 190Unite-d Stites soi- .o*ry, Mullanexplained he was a bit Valla tflotto.H. *-r., "our road diers-under the command of an .ronhofthep.o."r.iyotmmnp;h."h. involved 120miles of difficult tim- ber-cutting iTbi'i?:128-year-oldcaptainnamed"pproach.dthethrJeforLro?rh.rr&r- . . . the remainderwas John Mull"t:b.gg1: blazinga trail souri,GallatinandMadisonrivers. either thr6ugh an open,timbered easttroFort \7alla\falla. ."Herewas_an open piain that en- counrry,oroveropen, rollirgriri..;; the dan 134 years later, It took ^ I" ro,rghiy55 daysforthe DeSimoneandileftseatcletoretracetain"bl.d-.toi"f.ri"ifr.nockyMoun- rangefor a distanceof 40 or 50 earlysettle.;##.rp.crorstotravel theirroute.Armedwithourcampingmiles,"liesaid."Lookingal*ortdrr. th.',niir" i;;gth;f the road. gear'maPsandflyrods-rath.rfh"" westwardfrom the pol", whereI DeSimoneandliookfive. wagons'oxenandshovels-wespent c.ro-ssedthelvlissouri,Inoticedmarked A fishable route to the pasr aweek on this backroads mission. differ-encein the range, tho"jhi Although;;i rh.--"i., go"1,fo, on the road thatif I couldgetthrJughth.-."r"1y, ""di building"thetvtutlannoadwas"rot.ans- In the barrenand unforgiving high andstrike 1iy *^trr?o,rrr" t(. po.r f.3.."il;;;;lhe pacific,it Columbiafro,.'th.r."th.;;gh*;ll-"f *:::f -.--"-gtrythatscret.hedbei*ein 1", orrly.rr.doni.f*thirp*G;. Walla\TallaandlakeCoeurd'Alene, definedvalleys or canyons,,["r ti* In M"y of raoo,,r.ra", the direc- wefoundseveralstretches ofthe origi- mightbe the prop...o.rrr.to trrke. . t;o" of lr,l'^j.rc."ig. iilake,3oOnew Volume Six, Number One MULLANcnnoNIcLES on partsof CaptainMullan's Road dition, he immediately immonalized Nearthe end of Kautz' 57-dayjourney the fly fo r fut.rr. g.rr.i"tions to revere on the by sticking it in his baseballcap. Mullan Road,he wrote about his final day of The flies we fished with^were mostly Renegades,Grey\Wulffs and a fishing which taok placeon the North Fork of light blue mayfly called a Coeur d'Alene Special.At onepoint of the the Coeur d'Alene River: "Campingin a small lateafternoon, as rhe rainbeat down, the fish becameextremeiy active. I've opening in the timher. Some of the officers heardthis pan of the day iet-erredto as "Magic Time, " when the sunis nearly tried fishing, but the stream at this point setandthe fish comealive in a magi- calfeeding fr enzy.as theyrise throu[h seems nearly destitute of fish." thethresholdthat separates their world of water andour wtrldof air. recruitsleft St. Louis by steameron fishing, but the $ream at this point Hooking into apesky 1 #inch fish, the Missouri. and arrived at Forr seemsnearly destituteof fish." I marveled at its golden color and Bentonabout two months later. Arriving atthe Norrh Fork of the largeevenly-spaced spots. DeSimone At the urging of lvlullan, who was Coeur d'Alene on adri zzlv dav more wasnearby when I reeledthe creature eagerto havehis road testedbefore he than130 years later, DeSimone and I in. "Man, they arejust sobeautiful, " proclaimedit finished,the troops then hopedfor better luck. At a local res- he said. "Even if I wanted to kill movedtoward\flallaWallaonthetrail. taurant calledthe Evaville Resorr (for- them,I don't think I could." August V. Kautz wasa member of merly abrothel namedthe SnakePit), I waspleased to witnessthe birrh that expedition,and he recordedhis wehooked up with ownerJoePeak, of a full-blooded catch-and-release experiencesin adiary. OnJuly 1,2,he the self-proclaimedresident fisher- fisherman. wrote abouta fishingtrip hetook with manof the river. Leavingthe 'We river that night, I re- two fellow soldiersand a member of askedhimabout the bestfish- called something I had read in the the Blackfeettribe. The group trav- ingspots. His advicewas reassuring. Morning Oregonian,dated Aug. 28, eiedby wagon for four hours, from "The thing about fishing the Coeur 1862,which waswrirten bythe first Fort Benton-over the prairie-to d'Alene," he said,shaking his head, p^rty of emigrantsthat traveledrhe HighwoodCreek. "is that if it looks good,fish it." Mullan Road.In describingthe voy- "We immediately commencedfish- Vith that in mind, we found a age,they wrote, "The streamsare ing,"Kautz wrote.';And in two hours beautifulhole just upstreamfromthe filled with trout, weighingone to six I had captured 18 small trout with tiny outlet creekcalled Yeilow Dog. pounds,which haveaffordedus rare flies.Ithink, however,that grasshop- The river bank wasercremely lush. pleasurein their capture." persare better, as Ifounduponexami- andheavily forested mountains sur- The end of the road nationthat that istheir principalfood." roundedit on both sides. Our fifth andfinal day on the Mullan The next day he caught45 fish. It wasalso packed full of western Roadbegan in GreatFails, Montana. From Forr Benton to Fort \flalla cutthroat tro,!t, the only gamefish On Highw ay 87w eheadednorth- \falla, Kaurzfished for catfish in the nativeto the Rocky Mountain area. easttoward Fort Benton.After trav- Missouri,fortroutinthe DearbornRiver, For all anglers,the lure'of catching elingmore than 800miles through the Liale Prickly PearCreek, Rock Creek, natives is always great. But for backroads of \Tashington,Idaho and Gold Creek,andthe Bitterroot River. DeSimone,it wasespecially pleasing Montan4 we werefinally on the home Near the endof Kautz' 57-day lour- sincehe had nevercaught a fish on a stretchofourtrip. neyonthe MullanRoad hewroteabout flyrodbefore. The views albng this road were hisfinal dayof fi shingwhichtook place When he finally made his first expansive;countless layers of clouds ontheNorth Fork ofthe Coeurd'Alene catch,he wore that goofy smileof all anddistant mountain rangesstretched River:"Camping in asmallopeningin noviceanglers who losetheir fishing cowardthe horizon. \We couid plainl'7 the timber. Someof the officerstried "virginity. " And in keepingwith tra- (See"Wagon ruts " on page seven) MULLANcnnONICLES Volume Six. Number One Northernoverland route to Oregonfollows

: fr-.' r{h -.G '>i *'.. f. {-- - . ;.3 *t:-{!-L ThisIB65 psnorama of Helena, Montana, was discoveredin family memorabiliaby Mrs. AnnetteBroadbent allylinkupwiththeMullanRoadat the mouth of the Yellowstone, Atthistimetherewasasteamboata ForrBenton. Kingston wrote, the military escort shorrdistancebelovrForrBentonthat Lueg givesa detailedweather and left the train. hadleft St.1 ouisMay 25 with \eavy g"ogr"fliicreportofthegroup'strav- "AccordingtoLueg'slog,"headds,freight and 90 pass€ngersand was els.AtFonALercrombie(tttinn.)the"theycoveredgglmilesfromst.Cloud unabletomakethelastfewmilesto posrcommander ordered 1OO soldiers to Fon Bentonin 85days; they were its destination. io the travelerswho had been 56days onthe roadand spent 19 days "At Fort Benton there was more joinedbysomeotherprivateparties"r.o.t atdifferentplacesalongtheway."He trouble with Captain Davy. The iorsafety. continued: peopleof one wagon had consumed DissatisfacionwithDavyerupted "On August 26 Lueg notes that iheprovisionsallottedtothemforthe duringasojournatForcR*-rrdh"t theyweretrivelingonthe (I',Iorrhern trip, and D^uy wasabout to sellthe th* ar*mywas building a ne$/ post. Overlandroute)tliatCaptain(fames wagonandoxenanddeclaredthathe Kingston writes: Lue{ saysthit he L.) Fisk laid out in t862. . . At this was go_ingto leavethese passengers *'aslrunkenandcare6ssandthatan time the buffalo that had been so behind.ApparentlyDarywasoutof artempt was made to elect a new scarcein Dakota appearedin large money, as Lueg writes that he had leadei.But apparentlythe trouble herds,andmanywerekilled-againa horrowedfromseveralmembersof blew over, for on the 2+ih (ofJuly) the welcomeaddition to the daily rations. the parry.Finally, aftermuch excitied ernigrantscontinued on'their way The train had beentraveling in one talliing, punctu_atedwith threatsof undirDavy'smanagemenr"encoun- longline,butnowitwasdecidedthat violelce,thedifficultywasadjusted, teringtheusualhaidshipsofprairie themorecompactarrangementofa andtheentireparrystartedofftoward t.".'"[. OnAug. StheyariivedatFort doubleline would be safer. . . HelenaCicy. Stevenson on" the t{irso.rri River "On (Sept.)l3they met a detach- "They were now on the Mullan h3r.y where they saw steamboaisrravers- ment of 25 mounted soldiers.They S""4 and met man/,. many ing and had a chanceto speakto wereapproachingFortBenton,and freightwagonsontheirwaytoForr trarrelersfromthewest white peopleweie becomirigmore Benton,wheremerchandiseandma- "One of these,"Lueg writes, "the nrmerous. chinery wouid be.loadedfor Helena Voila,returningfromtlieupperriver "On the tZth of Septemberthe City_andtheminingcamPs.Freight was carryi.rg TOOp"rr"r,g.rr who expeditionreachedFortBenton.lueg haulingwasdonewithoxteams,and brought nevrsthat tim., *".r. badin saysthat the placecontained six large someof thesewagons were drawn by them"iningcounrry,andsomeofthe and many small stores,also half a asmanyast2o\gn.Theycouldtravel mendecid"edtostayatSrevensonanddozen r"ioonr. The fort was at the nowwithafeelingof safety,asthere do government*ork . . . headof navigationon the Missouri, wasno_ longer any dangerfrom Indi At Fort Buford which saron the andwhen*Jt"r*as lowsteamboats ans.Along the way were log cabins north sideof the Missouri opposite haddifficultyingettinguptheriver. andatleastoneblacksmithshop;they Volume Six, Number One MULLANcrlnoNIcLES Mullan Roadto Montana'scapitaL city

*l's-_---...-: r-{lrr- i'-:'*- r..I- lriirl Ei*i:-:*.,:t'o-' .-;-:;;Tq ;4. of Srnsex, England, ntece (and adopted daughter) oJ Bob Stanley, who discovered gold in Last Chance Gulch met familiessetting out on their way displeasurein campby their return, andtroubles.Steps weretaken against east:and asthevcame nearerto Hel- becauseof the uncommonlv sharp thispresumptuous and unjust demand ena,smallirrigatedf.arms were seen; anddeep-seatedsmellwhichthestink-anda delegationfrom the train pre- in many casesthese farms were of- catspraysonwhomevercomesinitssentedthe whole matrerpublicly in fered for sale-an indication of un- proximityofcontact.' Helena.The procedureexcited strong satisfactoryeconomiccondition . . . "The experienceof the pary asit protests among the inhabitants of "At Fort Shaw,a neq/ four-com- approachedHelena aretold graphi- HelenaagainstDavy. parryarmypostbuilt mainlyof adobe callyinLueg's narrativeand may best "The suit of Davy againstthe Ger- bricks, sometwo dozenpassengers be recountedin his own words.The mansefilers was set for \fled.. Oct.Z. leftthetraintotakeconstructionjobs. German families campedat Green- but waspostponed to Thursdayand Carpentersreceived $ LOO amonth in horn Gulch about12 miles from Hel- then to the comingMon., Oct. 7. In greenbacks,and masons,$125. At enaforashortrest,butweredetainedthe meantimevariousrumors circu- thattimeinMontanaadollaringreen- f.or t4 days by more trouble with lated about the notorious Da*ry; backswas w orthT S-centsin gold.Six CaptainDary; amongthem, one that he had disap- othermenfromthetraintookacon- 'Just assoon asthe train was in pearednotwithstanding that afew of cractto cut wood for the fort at $2 a camp, there appearedthe leaderof hisfriends stood bail forhim for $2500. cordingold. the train, P.B.Dary, togetherwith Many peoplefrom whom Dar,yhad "In somepiaces the Mullan Road the sherifffrom Helena,and made a borrowedmoney during the j ourney wasextrem.iyrt..p,andheredetours demand for $512.00levied on the werewaiting for him in HelenaCity. on longer and easiergrades had been train asmoney promisedfor leading FinailyDavy'szuit tookplace onMon., built by private individuals to whom the train overthe plains.This demand Oct.7;it wascontinuedTuesday and the Montana legislaturehad granted wasearnestlyconsideredby ourpeople \ffednesdayevening the verdict was the right to chargetoll. Freighters andrefusedasirregularandunjust...renderedin favor of the Germans. with their heary loads used these Towardeveningofthesameday "October 5, Saturday.During the roads,buttheDar"Tparty, withlightly the sheriffappearedin campwith20 pastweek I havepaid out consider- loadedwagons, kept to the original mounted and armedm.en and drove able money in Helena asI havede- route on which there were no toll ofI +0 oxen as security for Davy's cided to move to Oregon with the charges.Eleven dayswere spent on demandandbroughtthemtoHelena other Germans,and so I purchasedan the wayto HelenaCiuy, and about the the next day andturned them over to ordinaryriding horse, including saddle, onlydisagreeablethingthathappeneda man to keep.This provoked great bridleand spursfor $80 inpaper money centeredaround Lueg'sdog, Jeff. As unrestand fearamong the Germans which passeshere for 75-centsfor a Luegtells it, 'my faithful dog and his who were destinedfor Oregon,and dollarin gold.For abuffalo robe I paid companion found astink-cat (skunk) who now felt themselveshampered in Jrr.611 snlrtsI ' DJ.watcn t reDarr' b/.5u. I ondkill.d it, which causeda furor ani thejourney. They hadvisions of costs (See "Northern" on page set,en) MULLANcgnoNIcLES Volume Six, Number One

"l{orthern... " from page 5 "Wagonruts ..." .fro* pzge 3 cashedacertificate of depositon aSt. seewhy Montana is calledBig Sky someareas of IdahoandMontana, I-90 l'aul bank for $309 foiwhich I re- Country. andthe rail line foliow thesarne moun- ceived$280. As we approachedthe endof our tain passesand couleesthat Mullan "FTclenaCiuy is a closeiybuilt city jor.rrney,a signindicated it wasonly originally choseberwe en1859-62. andlies in aquite narrowvalleywhich 10 miles to Forr Benton. I thought As we pulled into the small.sleepv opens on a vailey bench, 6-8 miies back to an encounterwe had earlier city of dort Benton, the ro-""11.d 'wideand 12-15miles long; itwidens on the road with a man namedSteve birthplace of Montana,traces of the out towardthe eastandnortheast and Mullan, owner ofthe RoseLake Gen- community's rich past-which in- is coursedthrough by severallarge eraiStore in Idaho'sSilver Valiey. cluded a visit by Lewis and Clark streams.This valley hasvery pictur- After telling him our reasonfor during their 1805voy^ge to the Pa- esqueflrrroundings. The principal busi- driving through histown-to retrace cific*could be seenail over town. nessstreet in Helena mns southerly the Mullan Road-he looked at us A hotelbuilt in 1882,which used ilong asmall creekand contains noth- with a puzzled, confused grin, and to boast the finest accomodations ing but storesandsaloons of everysort. asked,"Vhyl" It was a good ques- between Minneapolis and Seattle, "Businessat presentis very poor in tion. I guessthe answeris, well, why stoodvacant along Front Street.Be- 'We Montana, of which Helena Ciry isthe not? had a great time. It was hindthe dilapidatedbuilding, the old- principal trading place.The revenue basicallyatrip with apurpose:A road est bridge in the statespanned the frorn the minesis verysmall. Cloth- trip to find a "road." mighty Missouri. At the far end of inq, cattle,horses and provisionsare And though the Mullan Roadhas town, ruins of the fort recalledthe .rery cheap.There is limie demandfor beenlargely forgotten, somepeople first permanentsettlement in Mon- iabor.Drinks in the saloonare SGcents. still believeit hasan important place tana. And a statueof Caot. Mullan Haircut $L,shaves25Inland Northwest," continentalrailway in 18 59. dollarsper month) were offeredthem. Davis added,"this road is really king- "Yet hundredsof its 624 mrlesare Yet, no others acceptedoffers and pin. \{/ithout Mullan'sengineering and today retracedby modernhighways remainedwith the train. A number of roadconstruction in the 1850s and 60s, and railroads,so the route can be milk cows of the train were sold in there wouldn't haveeven been a rail- credited a pioneer forerunner, and Montana at goodprices. " roador anInterstate g0throughhere." one of the great historic trails of Shewas referring to the faccMullan America...afewtraces and ruts even [n the ru ext issuz, zo e w i l lp ick apth e nanratia e surveyedthousands of squaremiles remainhereandthere." .s Luegandhis par4t lefi ru lenaand continued of uncharcedland before choosing the And a lot of potential adventures westas tbe rpeather toturn, @ins optimal path for his road.And so,in lieinbetween. Volume Six, Number One MULLANcnnoNIcLES booksfor sale.I am alwaysinter- estedin anyinformationaboutthe fromthe MullanTrail eversince I sawsome oldsigns nearthe Monida Ranger mailpoudt Stationwherewelived in 1g3g-49. My husbandhad shownthem to July1 , 1995 forit so we'II have to stick with ATT me.At the timehe saidsomeone andU.S. Postal Seruice. willtake these sig ns for souvenirs. DearCathryn & Deb, We'reglad that you are making He was so right,they were gone We havej ustcome from the fu neral more Mullan contactsvia the the nexttime we droveby! of oneof Gustav'stwo remaining Sohontribe. We'realways grow- I wroteto Helena,to Margaret granddaughters. Dorothea ing and love it. My question is, Summerswho runs this book store CromlinO'Con nell was the daug h- however,iswhetheraniyone has a and askedfor a list of books.lt ter of AntoinetteSohon Cromlin. specialMullan topic or angle we camein a few days.There was a Dorotheahad four childrenand canlook into. lt's hard to comeup listing of Mullan, Capt. John- numerousg randchild ren. The con- with ideasfor thenewslefter that Constructionof MilitaryRaadfrom versation eventuallyturned to willbe of interestto everyoneso Fort Walla Walla to Fort Benton, Gustavand what, if anything, any of weg ra b what looksinte re sti ng an d Govt.Printing Office, 1863 Blue usmight havefound. Allthe cous- go with it" Thanksto all of you for Cover,Very bad condition, Maps insare very interested in your mu- your previousrdeas and suppart in backof book$15.00 seumand the work you are doing. over the se p a st fewye a rs. lcouldn'tbelieve it. I hurriedand We gavethem information that we -Deb putmy check in the mail, hoping it gainedthrough you, and promised would get there beforethe book to passtheir addresses on to you. wassold. In afewdays itcame! lt is Unfortunately,we didnot have any of From Kay: inpoorshape. Onlytwo mapswere yourpublications with us, a realover- I recently had to upgrade my inthe book. The Montana map had beencut out. The sight!(Shethen lists several names. ) computerfrom60Mb to 1.2Gmb oneI especialty Howcanwereach you bycom- as I ran out of room. Thisnew hopedfor. The 10 pictureswere puter? Do you have a fax or an machine (being a machine) there,tho. Internetconnection? We can be has a mind of its own and Yesterday,Frances helped me getcopies of them foryou. ltwas reachedby ARELL @AOL.com doesn'trecognize commands I We can sendfax, but not receive. used for many years. Thank printedin 1863.There are other Lookingforward to hearingfrom goodness for Van! As far as reportsin book. I knowyouwillbe you ...Hope to makesome con- going any further into the elec- happyto getthese copies. They nectionswithDr. Hugh Mullan throug h tronics age, no, I don't think arewonderful. Dr.Dan O'Connell. \Mll letyou know that will happen very soon. AnnaM.Lukens howitcomes out. Allfornow. NancySohon. DearAnna. July4,1995 Thankyou so much forthe color Nancy and all you other hackers, DearFolks, reproductions of the Mullan We'res/ugs. We have a computer I have a subscriptionto the Mon- Bookphotos. Theyare beautiful but are not linked up with lnternet tanaMagazineand I had noticed a and we will proudly add them to or any othe r part of the world.We' re listingin the classifiedads of a our callection. not only s/ugs, but we are poor placein Helena-TheGolden Hill Our museum was foftunateto slugs and do not have the budget Antiquarian-ofieringrare and fine alsosecure one of thebooks sey- eralyears ago but the plateshad MULLANcnnoNIcLES Volume Six, Number One from the mail pouch(cont'd) faded and did not have the color Again,I'm a slug,Anna. you we have seenin prinfsyousenf us called this summerto make an TheMullan Chronicles is pub- or elsewhere.A couple years ago appointmentto visitthe museum lishedfourtimes ayearbythe Ye Galleon Press (Box 287, and I tied but never could get MineralCounty museum and Fairfield, WA, 98012, 509-283- hookedup withyou. l now have Historical Society, Post Office 2422) reprinted the report putting lostyour number,a casualtyof Box533, Superior, MT59872, the maps in the back and using myfrantic lifestyle. But if you try to anon-profitorgan ization. Sub- duotone forthe prints. The mate- contactmeagain, we'lltry and set scriptionsare $5 peryear to rial is exact and having a reprint is p thi ngs u for a tou r witheithe r Kay coverprinting and mailing. great as yo u don't wor4r ab out hav- orme in thenearfuture. Until then, Computerizedtypesetting by ing somethinghappen totheoigi- I apologize.And thanks for think- VanWolverton nal. Our copy we obtained from a ingof us. -Deb bookstore in Seattle for manv. many dollars. CathrynStromboand Deb Davis. Editors.

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