In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Early Commemorations and the Origins of the National Historic Trail

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201 Abbott, Carl, 19 Air Force (U.S.) jet fighters, 125 Alamo, 8, 9 Alaska Gold Rush Trail, 153 Alberta (Canada), 53 Aldrich, Mrs. Richard, 30 Alexander, Donald B., 132 Alice Creek, 74 Allen, John Logan, 10, 11 Ambrose, Stephen, 40 “American epic,” 2, 30 American Fur Company, 42 American imperialism. See Imperialism, U.S. American Legion Auxiliary (Astoria, Oregon), 110 American Pacific trade, 19 Index American Pageant Association, 114–115 American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia), 9 American Pioneer Trails Association, 110, 121; Explorers of America Project, 125 Anthony, Susan B., 23 Appalachian Trail, 6, 153 Appleman, Roy E., 132–133 Archeological sites. See individual states by name Arikara (Native American tribe), 49–50, 53, 103; culture, 50 Arikara Villages (South Dakota), 49–50, 96 Arlee (Montana), 118 202 I nde x Armstead, Montana: Camp Fortunate, 102, 134; monument site, 36, 134; 1915 pageant, 25–27, 27; Sacajawea plaque, 25, 115; sesquicentennial pageant, 122 Army Corps of Engineers (U.S.): dams on Snake and Columbia rivers, 134; Fort Peck Dam, 138; Pick-Sloan project, 137–138; recreation site development, 141, 155 Arrow Rock State Park (Missouri), 44 Ashland Shakespearean Festival, 148 Assiniboin (Native American tribe), 50, 53 Astor, John Jacob, 8, 29, 30 Astoria (book). See Irving, Washington Astoria Column (Oregon), 31, 32; dedication , 29–33; preservative applied, 173(n40) Astoria Evening Budget, 110 Astoria (Oregon), 29; American Legion Auxiliary, 110; Astoria Column and dedication, 30, 31–33, 31, 32; near 1805–1806 winter camp, 68; and Fort Columbia State Park (Washington), 147; near Fort Clatsop National Monument and replica, 111, 167; Green Beret canoe trip to, 136; Jaycees, 110; Lions Club, 110; Scammon trip to, 12; view of Columbia River from Astoria hill, 69 Astoria trading post. See Fort Astoria Atchison (Kansas), 65 Athearn, Robert, 96 Augusta (Montana), 74 Automobiles, 89–93; clubs, 95; technology , 95–96 Auto tourism, xi–xii; accessing trail, 77; automobile manufacturing and improvements , 91–93; Blue Book guides, 92; Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and, 131–132, 143–144; commercial promotion, 108, 165; cross-country, 7, 91–95; exploration by motorcar, xii, 89, 96–97, 165; and federally funded highway system, 5, 90, 94; following Lewis and Clark trail, 100–103, 142; guidebooks and travel accounts, 156; highway conditions and improvements , 95–97; highway route associations and names, 93–95; highways as tourist destinations, 90, 95–96; historical markers, xi–xii, 87–88, 98, 125, 149 165; historical tourism, 164– 165; Lewis and Clark bicentennial, 160–163; Lewis and Clark Memorial Association and proposed memorial highway route, 98–99; Lewis and Clark National Trail Commission, 131–132, 143–144; to Lewis and Clark 1905 Portland exposition, 92; Lincoln Highway, 93–94; Meeker and, 77–78; and national trail system, 149–150; and railroad travel, 90; “tin can” tourists , 95; trail highway signs and logo contest, 141–142, 144–145, 168; U.S. Forest Service, 87–88, 149; visualizing history, 142; Wheeler expedition and promotional materials of route, 78–86. See also Bureau of Outdoor Recreation; interstate highways by name Bad River. See Teton River Baier, Oliviane, 160 Baker, George Pierce, 114–115 Baker’s Bay, 12, 18 Bankhead Highway, 94 Bankside Theatre (University of North Dakota), 115 Baptiste. See Pompey Basil, son of Otter Woman, 180(n5) Beacon Rock (Washington state), 68 Beacon Rock State Park, 145 Bear Paw battleground, 33 Bear Paw Mountains, 54 Beaverhead Mountains, 63 Beaverhead River: Armstead 1915 pageant , 115; on expedition route, 60–62; sesquicentennial pageant, 121, 123, 154; Traveler’s Rest, 71, 88 Beaverhead Rock, 21, 61, 102; protected, 152, 154 203 I nde x Bellefontaine Cemetery (St. Louis), 18 Bellevue (Nebraska), 46 Betts, Howard, 40 Biddle-Allen edition (history of Lewis and Clark expedition), 9–10, 13, 20, 170(n8) Biddle, Nicholas, 9–10, 13, 20 Big Belt Mountains, 58 Big Bend Dam, 138 Big Hole Valley, 62 Big Hole (Wisdom) River, 60 Big horn sheep, 54 Big Muddy Creek, 53 Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge, 155 Big Timber (Montana), 73 Billings (Montana), 73, 131, 144, 167 Bird-Truax party (Lolo Trail), 87 Bird, Wellington, 87 Bird Woman (sculpture), 24, 25, 26 Bismarck (North Dakota), 50; auto caravan along Lewis and Clark route (1935), 125; Bird Woman statue dedicated, 26; Gray family trip along the expedition route, 101; historical sites spared inundation, 156; near Mandan Villages, 50; Missouri River bridge, 96; site of Trail Commission meetings, 131 Bison. See Buffalo Bitterroot Mountains, 65; Bitterroot Gap, 99; at...