Mullan Road, Fort Benton Trailhead
This file appears in: The Mullan Road: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
A section of the original Mullan Road still used today as a hiking trail near Fort Benton, Montana.
Image courtesy of Montana State Parks.
This file appears in: The Mullan Road: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
The Mullan Road: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
You are standing near the path of the Mullan Road, the first wagon road across the northern Rocky Mountains.
Since before Lewis and Clark, it was an American dream to establish an effective route…