or “Parry and Riposte on the Banks of Onion Creek”
CAPTAIN GUNNISON IN THE LAND OF THE TABEGUACHE, 1853 (Part 2) –
Carlos Pitts
The acquisition of hitherto Mexican territory in the Mexican War and the ascendancy of California and “Oregon” as prime real estate were powerful incentives in determining a route for a transcontinental railroad. While Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton was one of the most fervent promoters of railroad surveys, the ever widening rift between partisans of expanding slavery and “free soilers” prove…
