Raymond W. Settle’s edited collection, The March of the mounted riflemen, chronicles the grueling 1849 military expedition across the vast plains, treacherous Rocky Mountain passes, and the rugged Columbia River Gorge along the full length of the Oregon Trail. Set against the formidable continental divide and the regiment's eventual terminus at Fort Vancouver, these primary journals detail how the cavalry operated as a tightly knit, mobile community tasked with protecting the massive influx of pioneer families migrating toward the Willamette Valley. By documenting the shared physical hardships of navigating arid deserts and swollen river crossings, the text reveals how these soldiers and the civilian wagon trains they escorted forged deep cooperative bonds essential for surviving the overland journey. Ultimately, this firsthand military record demonstrates how securing this immense geographic corridor paved the way for the enduring domestic settlements and deeply rooted agricultural communities that would soon define the Pacific Northwest.

The March Of The Mounted Riflemen, First published in 1940, is important as the only complete record of one of the longest marches ever made

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"A Bison book"--SpineReprint. Originally published: Glendale, Calif., U.S.A. : A.H. Clark Co., 1940

"A Bison book"--SpineReprint. Originally published: Glendale, Calif., U.S.A. : A.H. Clark Co., 1940