Thomas H. Benton person
also known as: Col. Thomas H. Benton
Summary: Colonel from Missouri who influenced a congressional bill in January 1825 to mark out a road.
Completeness: 44/100 Grade D
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bill passed by congress authorizing marking out a road— 1825-01
cited from Freight was carried by pack animals until… (1891)also by
Niles Register. Fifteen thousand dollars worth
of merchandise from St. Louis, Missouri, was
delivered in Santa Fe in 1822, and the traffic
had increased to $120,000 in 1830, the year
in which the Las Cruces Republican claims
Hugh St…
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Freight was carried by pack animals until… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details