Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1920 — Landmark to Be Preserved. [ARTICLE]

Landmark to Be Preserved.

The Mullan tree, landmark of the old Mullan trail, the first highway connecting Montana and Idaho with ■ the coast, will be preserved to posterl- ! ty through the creation of a national monument area by the president. On July 4, 1861, Captain John Mullan, leader of the party having in charge the survey and construction of the Mullan trail from Walla Walla, Wash., to Ft. Benton, Mont, closed his work at the connecting point of the roads from the east and west, at the head of the Fourth of July canyon, between Wallace, Idaho, and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. There he marked appropriately a huge white pine tree, which since that time has been knownas the Mullan tree. Tourists seeking souvenirs of their jaunt along the Yellowstone trail have damaged the ancient tree so much that forest service officers have found It necessary to take steps to protect It, and to accomplish this have submitted a petition proposing that a national jponument area be created, which has been approved.—Kansas City Journal.