Tarascon, Lewis A.:

$350 · Offered by William Reese Company

PETITION OF LEWIS A. TARASCON, (AND OTHERS), PRAYING THE OPENING OF A WAGON ROAD, FROM THE RIVER MISSOURI, NORTH OF THE RIVER KANSAS, TO THE RIVER ... The first proposal for the building of a road to the Pacific Ocean by the federal government. The author advocates the construction of the road to open agricultural land, improve the fur trade, extend the Santa Fe trade, and establish the United States on the Pacific. With federal aid, Tarascon proposed to create the Missouri and Columbia Road Company, with many grandiose schemes written into its charter.

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