Greetings to All BWR Fans!
I have finally completed a draft of my "Paper Back" Book on "Building the Beale Wagon Road of 1857-1860: The Western Camel Road and The Eastern Iron Bridge Road." Emphasis is really on Building the Six Iron Bridges of the Eastern Iron Bridge Road, as the following Contents page illustrates:
CONTENTS
Preface …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
Acknowledgments ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
Chapter 1—A National Vision in 1859 for Unifying America …………………………………………………. 6
Chapter 2—America Works to Unify the Nation …………………………………………………………………… 8
Chapter 3—Funding Beale’s Second Expedition in 1858 ………………………………………………………. 15
Chapter 4—Beale’s Expedition in 1858-59 to Build the Beale Wagon Road ……………………….... 22
Chapter 5—Builders of the Beale Wagon Road’s Iron Bridges ……………………………………………… 26
Chapter 6—Major Recent Discoveries Along the Iron Bridge Road ………………………………………. 33
Chapter 7—The Six Whipple Iron Bridges Built in Indian Territory in 1859-60 ……………………… 44
There are only 47 pages (single-spaced) and 25 figures and maps.
I would be glad to send you a free PDF color copy of the latest version as of Sept. 11, 2021 with hyper-text referencing (4 MB) to anyone wishing one. Just e-mail me at (cj.messer@att.net) your desired return e-mail address. I plan on a mass e-mailing to "subscribers" on Grandparents Day, 9-12-2021.
A much larger and more detailed document(s) could be prepared on many of the subjects noted, but I have decided to finally retire (I am now 79) and help anyone else who would like to extend this work on the BWR, particularly on the Eastern Iron Bridge Road section.
My best personal regards to all that have contributed to this history-sites.com thread.