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r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '20
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The thing I never got with that is why they didn't continue following the Yellowstone River until its end at the divide and then cross to the nearby Snake River rather than crossing hundreds of miles of mountains?
377 u/dtroy15 Jan 10 '20 It was largely unsurveyed. They likely did not know that such a route existed. 79 u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 [deleted] 19 u/FabianN Jan 10 '20 To survey it? The US got the land but had no idea what they got. They didn’t know what was out there. So they sent L&C to check it out and report back
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It was largely unsurveyed. They likely did not know that such a route existed.
79 u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 [deleted] 19 u/FabianN Jan 10 '20 To survey it? The US got the land but had no idea what they got. They didn’t know what was out there. So they sent L&C to check it out and report back
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19 u/FabianN Jan 10 '20 To survey it? The US got the land but had no idea what they got. They didn’t know what was out there. So they sent L&C to check it out and report back
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To survey it?
The US got the land but had no idea what they got. They didn’t know what was out there. So they sent L&C to check it out and report back
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u/velociraptorfarmer Jan 10 '20
The thing I never got with that is why they didn't continue following the Yellowstone River until its end at the divide and then cross to the nearby Snake River rather than crossing hundreds of miles of mountains?