Horses at pasture along the Snake River in Idaho. At this time some ranches along the Snake River could only be reached by boat, or pack string, since trails, not roads were the only means of land transportation.
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862.; Fort Benton (Mont.)
Governor Stevens receives a dispatch "from Lieutenant Grover to the effect that Lieutenant Grover met Lieutenant Saxton near the dividing ridge, and that they were returning together to Fort Benton," as the route could not be traversed by...