Mullan Road

The road's way was cleared at a council at the Coeur d'Alene mission on September 17, 1858. Chief Vincent spoke first; Wright's terms required the Coeur d'Alene to surrender the men who had begun the fight with Steptoe and to give at least one chief and four men, with their families, as hostages. General Clarke, forwarding the treaty, wrote that letting troops and citizens pass through the country had better have been a demand than a term of agreement, but that the Army had the substance. An account printed with the treaty says the Coeur d'Alene kept every provision.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes — 5.7 mi
  Seventy-two paved miles laid over a railbed poisoned by a century of ore trains.
• Cataldo Mission — 17 mi
  The Schitsu'umsh built it, the 1873 reservation line left it outside, and every August 15 they come back.

More markers nearby

• Joseph Garry (1910-1975) — steps away
• Saint Joseph Mission (St'uts'te'wes) — 2.3 mi
• Submerged Valley — 6.3 mi
• John Mullan (1830-1909) (After the Road) — 6.6 mi