Sounds along the byway...saws, picks and axes.
Frontier Military Scenic Byway
"The ax, pick, saw and trowel, has become more the implement of the American soldier than the cannon, musket or sword."
Colonel Zachary Taylor, 1820
In 1836, President Andrew Jackson authorized $100,000 to build a military road from Fort Snelling, Minnesota to Fort Gibson in present day Oklahoma. The road was to be used for frontier defense and a patrol system, and later for commerce. In 1844 the Quartermaster General requested funds to repair all of the bridges and road surfaces that had been destroyed by heavy rains. Soldiers did the repair work.
Courtesy hmdb.org
