Show C W in M A As raw 14 ak a t 41 A A 4 e aj aa a fe f 0 rejon a nd mo trails apin in public eye by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN t 11 II aly t I 1 arns by at 11 stink 1 allix id to enat anait 1 14 1 ito II 11 1 ingon irilli tin hall P stirred up ile 1 art t f tit lile tritt il controversy III tit north altot front froin st I 1 ul at ast to sun nd corili to the lillan line lite f rails hn dm Ignation ifould in effect be a di duration I 1 ly y llie the I 1 I 1 states government goern ment 1101 tie bregon I 1 mil lins has a nn an i fig nal leip rion P I 1 tint that ol 01 lie the iante te e troll lie the mormon efell tle tile 11 drull or any other historic hIs nish ric trail if all to en oft ti 1 it I li it j of nit if jern i r ri otis like the I 1 lincoln illgum a and anti the ill r at rity 1 it 4 del nil till sort sorts of sillah ailta 4 alfant to 0 kno hill authora ty ly KS hus hai ti it hum it isike tile tic f ron Is alread already by klicin city ts is fighting o 0 city for place on oil the onan oreg n airall toti loth from frosin r and from froin desire for financial there are re lari nt n t lisp HSI i ill 1 filets he file maint hiir I 1 hf hr s rn I 1 nt I 1 n saiu till t annira ditt in nt tit I 1 I 1 r in it it 11 it iii A aagat ain 1 I I 1 tha of he tile oil bours art ts 11 ali j i jira am atio of f louritt artill Is trig trail with alth all UK the 4 nr or it 1 ss t ill f negi the orbron iral I 1 rail t st t bae ich e I 1 pen een a bit indifferent ns as to t ul so long as a fed ral aid hl hleb hB ats nIly tills dope does nit n t idle satisfaction itah I 1 ah for ex anille dw does n I 1 hilt to to lime its mormon trull troll wil alicd ell t ut tit the tile herlan her hinl I 1 trail hag lifts its chuta cham pious allione tie of itie the I 1 orty minere and the nf if jsn to the bonding building anti 1 11 of the I 1 lincoln highway as it memorial to abraham lincoln astren strenuously bously object bj act to he the los loss of f I 1 un of aniles of and anti marked arkel in roa diAny the banta fe trail oldest ot 0 them all his I 1 a place in the controversy control erey because it la Is the parent trail from kansas city to cardner aan inci dentally if comes conies to public attention on if its own account through lie the fact that council grave grove kan ie in to celebrate its august 10 A hun bun drel annual rings have sAel shelled led the girth of the sturdy council oak patriarch of council grove ince since the council under its it shade peaceful passage from the tile pawnees and tha tile ovagen but not inot the for the he pale face files eager to ahde rade nith fth the spaniards Span larde at stain ganta fe the enate senate passed a bill 8 23 des designation ignatin the oregon trail troll afier after teerat cities in idaho oregon and washington had been adda by amend snetta in committee it wa was by senator henary hail has no preamble prea mlle and roust must have been carelessly drawn since elarami lA lAtr ramI anile li designated instead of fort evidently with the idea that they are the same pin ID in tile house depre tive addison T smith of 0 idaho introduce introduced a bill 11 II 11 II 11 HIM later he introduced joint resolution and still later J int resolution which contains colit atril cities tile full leit of joint resolution 3 18 follow I 1 hr bertas th the old orton oregon trail which originated at missouri niver river point points and traversed hakl A 4 con and wits w rou mute over which aich tb the great inter 1123 aigin of cohered ind and ox tharris am went in and saved the be oteen country to the th united unit fitko fit kt and over which fur for anany years the horn home seekers kr and empire empl builder builders went ia 1 great t numbers and dialls md ia gratis producing pro ducin territory out o 0 of bilat was wa formerly a wilderness and Whore vi br gais the th oregon country at t that time con misted of air al that territory botin ama tn th the summit ot of tho lh rocky mountains and od the tb hurc of the th eraclito 1 ocean and between th Cill forni and canadian CanadiA lk borders and was hold under a foint sovereignty ot of kniland and the th united sti states and whose who fat tat for alt all lime time was alett led by the of 1148 whelk one on thousand american rile nun and gand women faced the th arll of the desert and the th wilderness to carve out new bome in th he oregon country and make it Amerle tsi tt rilLor rr lLory and nd thousands perished by the way and WT burld buried in allow shallow graies by b tilo th old trola and Wb wurte areas the th united states has h get net aside ild as na bonat monuments nt many blattle and other his country ani and whereas the th old oregon trail wi was morts nor than a X battlon add and offered a grei reater ater challenge to cour f tor along if its doly dusty course cour of 0 two thousand keilea american citizens dally daily faced death without abet tb panoply of war the tb boating batan of 0 drum or the th flynne g of f flags and saved a vast empire mair to the th united finate and oberea this hi cylc hai his long lor ben been neglected nIc td and tags tb youth of our land have halve BC tot learned of tb too heroic rollf sacrifice of bt pioneers pl onra who did so 0 o much for america and ehri in order that this the world molt most historic hia blat orle highway may be b la to history and nd ita its tradition b bo kept galice tor for 11 all II tim time and ang ill 10 bordat to how show to the ui world that the th Anle Amerl rICAn caa ati art ar not unmindful of thi of our out anil nd do valorous valo roua deeds abare fore be it A r t I 1 it W 1 r lo led d ty I 1 tie te enato HI at 11 use ui of depre of the lnita d alatis of america in congre gress assembled that the highway extending from a 10 lo to and fir r rn cunell c unell cilluffa low iowa to 10 semide re and to olympia nash ah through the be st state tes of 0 mie uri urt kansas Nebra eka ayo IV manir blaho oregon and and varl i wn a am the overland trail the mormon road the f n it ad and the oregon trail 11 and ne as i ear aa may be b with the it f alt digh teara a y through s aid tate state theat hill hereafter be b wn HI as it tie a old reg n trail be he atun 2 1 ight hilt tl ti a e r ad I 1 orein designated ai as tit tir i id t reir n trail hall shall follow am a closely as a aid id topographic conditions will permit the th ri ut ute 0 I 1 11 I 1 the pioneers in their journey journeys o tw urd to itji reg n country over aid said trail trall and shall extend through kansas city in the bbate of ill turl kansas atly bardner tard a ner ia 1 to s poke S I 1 11 t ll 11 I 1 ul and frankfort trank fort tn in the ik na a t I 1 00 of f a 9 thence then c through I 1 I 1 lull bury hebron kand grand Is lilai ia I 1 d L 0 11 n act in with the road from court ell cil bluffs through Or cornalia nalia fremont and columbu columbus and thence through kearney hearney north 1 blatte lewel lowell len ion bayard and Scotts scottsbluff bluff in ili the state of ne no braska thence through TorrIn torrington gion fort laramie dougham casper alcuaz 31 1 addy aap ead gran oran ter ier Hem hemmetter meTtr und end 1 in ili the state ot of AN yo ming theno through montpelier soda springs pocatello american fall palle gurley butley twin fall falls buhl glenna ferry mountain home doles cald caldwell lv oil thine thence ai as a divided catl via payette idaho and via parma idaho and ontario or ore to weiser in ti the state of idaho thence through flunt huntington ington baker la grange I 1 eddleton erd ord leton Urna tills and along 1 th columbia rier through the dallas hood river portland astoria anil and seaside la in the state of oregon thence through N anc an couver and on to olympia in the state of washington Wahl neton the hearl hearings ngi by the I 1 loue ouse committee on ronda roads on uiese these senate aind house documents er ere lively 1 no less than fourteen representatives made arguments pro and con and the end ti Is not yet the mandatory language of the act and the joint resolution raised the question la Is con grea greas trang to remake aitor hi tor the attitude ot of the proa prom aali as hown shown to be this they do not with ish to belttle lic little the historical importance of any other trail but they claim an imperishable name for the oregon trail because it end find lu ili pioneer pioneers gave the nation oregon washington idaho and part parts of INy wyoming omIng and Mon talin therefore they think that the oregon trail in relation to our nat national lonal growth stands separate and apan span from alt all other trails and that it ha has peculiar sentimental and historical significance entitling it to special by congress gruppo e the tile oregon trait ai as 1 Is ate bt torl teri cally incorrect in plates as was as shown shon by the cone cons 1 list of it ash ask the proa pros the tle diner eliner 0 Leathe mood of utah showed that the mormon trail tn in nebraska Nc Ne brula brasla was as on the north ade side 0 ol 01 the will platte and the oregon trail on be tile south aid of that river let et the desiena ion tion proposed would put the oregon trail on the this north side and flipe out a long stretch of he the mormon trail trall III Leatheni la is not a mormon bis his great grandfather leatherwood traveled the 1 lid erness hard on daniel boone ill foot steps he be himself was Rs born in ohio and was as edu dented nt lc lite Inive ralty of and went ent to salt lake I ake city in 1901 to practice law all utah you 6 ee has a sentimental interest in the air clorman an trail and its pioneers who he ninde ig e state out of a delej owr incidentally mr leather leatherwood mood in Irod produced a map prepared by oy the hist historian office of the mormon church and in connection with it it n portion ot ali the historical record Il ecord 01 ol LX LK 1690 1 document bot readily access accessible ille to his thia this among other things a diary fetting setting forth in detail the movements day by dav of the mormon expedition of W under brigham young which founded salt lake city more a to the controversy tons long may it rage to the increase of interest among the people e in the fascinating history of the est and th the establishment of if its history on fact for it up the whole history of the traus territory which Is closely linked by chain of cause cau and effect here Is a helpful cl chronology I 1 ron 1141 coronado b exploration of american southwest for or so aish lq onate founds sala zarta P V pe fe 1712 1761 ecart secret r ess n by fri to spain ot of trans ran mississippi dorril r n 1 V 6 1 of san kran francisco ran clico cISCO pay ord f 4 of nit coll cut by blanish at hn ban I 1 lego 1 1679 araks IB 11 fir coast for Engla 1 till 1771 1778 cook reaf reaffirm firn i a r da it n 18 ift 0 FrA furlani gland charter charters hudson bay rr nin I 1 m 1 sj 43 N rth wit jest company organized by sr fur ur of montreal montrell 11 1821 merger of if B C and nd N r antera hn tera 1682 lasalle claim claims mississippi galley nalley for or france prance 1740 camilla canada names to angl ah ah french round found bt st loul 1900 spain cds ced ads loul louis lana territory to fra a 1711 huss Ki ilan laria dib jl bor beheng flehr ng strait lilo 1810 russian 1 ns n efte it d 1 a jtb to ban francillo Francl Fran cisLo tto bay day 1775 1776 ati amerlan ert an re ite I 1 lil i I 1 n bli 7 clarh clark raptures northwest r lt pa pea 0 fixes mississippi 1111 as wei es en ern b u diry dary of 0 Art colonies Colon li 1 capt rolert ray f Bs u on disco discover vr and art names C lumi a it ner er 19 I 1 3 lou elana I 1 ur u i an a from rom france 1804 va v I 1 tw ow a and nd t Is lark rk ex I 1 and begin ing 1 f american fur trail trade isda I 1 lilt ike eppli rea texas 1808 astor t f ri rt 0 aarl an F r amp ny 11 1911 founds astorca by eca sea and tl ti a udder under hun flun goes oi overland erland 1812 nar ar with aith finkland 1813 atoria trea her quely told sold to north niest company agis battle 0 new w r ian balks 1 attempt nt of british to N alley 1819 amilca und treat rest u to foont jo nt y of 0 reg n territory 1823 monroe monroe I 1 c rine df dalli alit g will ion loni in oregon territory of ameri amerl ana an brition and kueilan Ku filan 1921 1 santa sainta fe trail opens trade with ith mexico which hn his won its it it lit 1829 first agricultural settlement at astoria 1134 1834 IS 85 ito M fodist presbyterian and nd roman cath olle manton founded in orgon oregon territory by L le 0 45 wh whitman aman and do D smet ernst mi ralda dInter inter ride 0 V hitman to dashington Nas hington U 1 C 1841 1843 mi migration gratiot ef in over oregon trail trall fort bridger a e are hotel oregon american 0 outvote u brit Is aliher her an and d adopt provi adanal goa r n intent 1844 four forty or fight victorious vict orlou slogan 1 li it presidential election ol 01 polk over clay 1 1916 ore iron treaty fiats north line at orgon made territory in 1341 and state tat in 1159 isa 53 great migration to oregon 1846 1 texas admitted to anion 1944 wr wit mexico and nd occupation of new mexico and call forni 1149 discovery of fold gold in california tat admitted to union la in isso 1861 averiana ove riana stag line 1340 pony apri express 1869 9 railroad com platta mormon mormons leave illinois tor for nebraska 1147 1347 brigham toung found founds salt lak lake city 1196 altal admitted to anion the beginning of he the winnins of the tile leq 1 dark clarks tit of the a Orth ment territory lr ir the revolution for that cave gave the Col colonies onles ps th as their estern that li 11 turn brouca about the Louls lanil purchase Pur chaie chatie li 1 the spring ct of I 1 from front tile american side of th mississippi I 1 els ell Is and lark nat v at lied the red an yellow f come down doan in at t I 1 oal the tie tri color of france go up and grIn come tyle dowd and th red white and blue of america po go up to to instantly they were off for the to wha we had hail bought two to later ister returned a ii if it fn in tie tte leal thereupon bt awn aln the forty year of the american tur ur trade hlat elli esT lored ored tru the et est and find made inevitable the Il lurch of the amer lean people the continent and trim frim othere ft here old glory belul up to sta thy thi american pioneer pioneers went forti hr bt trail for arlou purposes pur the aminto te re trail wai wa for trade with the spaniard the ericon trail 11 wu alas wora ort by bv a 11 of u the nion trail trall ended in an alum from cu ion tion because of religion rel lElon from ne point from nn another other because of abiell and inimical consider Co neider the of the santa canta fe airall it led to the of texas the ile mei lean aar nr and the occupation of the diec ef of gold martell tart pd the ruh rush of the fort y diners over the clerland Ol erland trail with alth ailt it I 1 lake like city as the alf halfway villy place it made california state tai over night followed the a aci annl couch the pony express and find the driving of ot the tile golden spike when ben the railroads met nt tit clen todal the american people are cheel on auto mobile va iII li here once run ran these all hilderness Ild erness trail trails t aery iery 1 historic hie pot spot hauld be marked nation state a and nd city should vie la ia setting Int to the trappers tr tm appers trader traders up explorers tad pioneer pioneers who gave ive K U hi pr ir |