Capt. L.C. Easton's Report: Fort Laramie to Fort Leavenworth Via Republican River in 1849
Entry/Object ID
2009.3.6
Description
Capt. L.C. Easton's Report: Fort Laramie to Fort Leavenworth Via Republican River in 1849 is the first known complete exploration of the main channel of the Republican River. The expedition was led by Langdon. Easton, a captain in the Quartermaster Department to discover an alternate supply route between Fort Laramie and Fort Leavenworth, the Army's base for operations in the West. They left Fort Laramie on August 2, 1849, after following the river, they on Sept. 15 they took the St. Joe Road, turning off onto the Military Road toward Ft. Leavenworth on Sept. 17.
Illustrations included in this reprint are:
Fort Leavenworth in 1849 from an original drawing in State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Fort Laramie in 1849, from Howard Stansbury's "An Expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah", 1852
25/Softbound/Illustration/Table
Collection
Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection
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Search Terms
Military Routes in 1849, Trails, St. Joe Road, Military, Forts, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Laramie, Republican River, U.S. Army