The National Old

Old Trails Road

(REVISED EDITION)

THE GREAT HISTORIC HIGHWAY

OF AMERICA

A Brief Resume of the Principal Events Connected with the Rebuilding of the Old Cumberlandnow the National Old Trails Road from Washington and Balti

more to Los Angeles.

By JUDGE J. M. LOWE,
PRESIDENT NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD ASSOCIATION

KANSAS CITY, MO.

MARCH, 1925.

Price $2.00

Copyright, 1925, by J. M. Lowe

NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD COMMITTEE Mrs. Herbert Matthew Gault, Vice-Chairman.. Baltimore, Maryland Mrs. Robert P. Barnes, Vice-Chairman.... .Albuquerque, New Mexico Mrs. John Trigg Moss, Chairman..

.St. Louis, Missouri Mrs. George E. rge, Vice-Chairman.

Kansas City, Missouri Mrs. William R. Van Tuyl, Vice-Chairman. .Leavenworth, Kansas Mrs. Lipscomb Norvell, Vice-Chairman...

Beaumont, Texas

SELECTED AS “GOLD STAR ROAD” BY NATIONAL SOCIETY 1917 WORLD WAR REGISTRARS.

(Relatives of 1917 World War Veterans)

Mrs. Frank de Garmo, President National.

.St. Louis, Mo Mrs. B. Steinkamper, Treasurer National.

.St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Chas. W. Bryan, Jr., Cor. Secretary National. -Jersey City, N. J. Mrs. John A. Laird, 1st Vice-President National.......... St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Gilbert H. Fox, 2nd Vice-President National....Webster Groves, Mo. Mrs. A. E. Reton, 3rd Vice-President National.

St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. B. G. Fallis, 4th Vice-President National.

.St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Ray G. Alexander, Recording Secretary National...... St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. A. F. Boehmer, Auditor National...

.St. Louis, Mo.

The National Old Trails Road Association

(Incorporated)

OFFICERS 1912 J. M. LOWE, President...

.Kansas City, Mo. HARVEY M. SHIELDS, General Vice-President.... Dawson, New Mexico . WALTER WILLIAM'S, Advisory Vice-President.. .Columbia, Mo. E. S. RALPH, Treasurer.

Springfield, Ohio FRANK A. DAVIS, Secretary.

.Herrington, Kans.

STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Ohio.......
Indiana...
Illinois.
Missouri.
Kansas..
Colorado......
New Mexico..
Arizona...
West Virginia...
Pennsylvania..
Maryland.

.B. A. Mathews, Columbus
..C. A. Kenyon, Indianapolis
.L. H. Bissell, Effingham
J. A. Hudson, Columbia

...O. C. Billings, Marion
.B. M. Spalding, La Junta
.D. K. B. Sellars, Albuquerque
Gustave Becker, Springerville

.H. S. Sands, Wheeling
.Frank H. Rosboro, Uniontown

Geo. G. Young, Cumberland

STATE ORGANIZERS–Jesse Taylor, Jamestown, Ohio; C. W. Shimel, Casey, Ill. ; E. J. McGrew, Lexington, Mo.; C. W. Black, Council Grove, Kas.; E. J. McMahon, Trinidad, Colo.; R. E. Twitchell, E. Las Vegas, N. M.; Dell M. Potter, Clifton, Ariz.; T. A. Westmeyer, Wheeling, W. Va.; W. E. G. Hitchins, Cumberland, Md.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-J. A. Hudson, Columbia, Mo.; B. A. Mathews, Columbus, Ohio; C. W. Black, Council Grove, Kas.; F. J. McMahon, Trinidad, Colo.; Dell M. Potter, Clifton, Ariz.

FINANCE COMMITTEE-E. J. McGrew, Lexington, Mo.; Jesse Taylor, Jamestown, Ohio; L H. Bissell, Effingham, Ill.; 0. C. Billings, Marion, Kans.; R. E. Twitchell, E. Las Vegas, N. M.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE-U. S. Hall, Glasgow, Mo.; L. H. Bissell, Effingham, Ill. ; Jesse Taylor, Jamestown, Ohio; C. W. Black, Council Grove, Kans.; D. K. B. Sellars, Albuquerque, N. M.

The National Old Trails Road Association

OFFICERS-1925
J. M. LOWE, President....
D. E. LAMB, General Vice-President...
GEO. L. L. GANN, Secretary..
W. P. SIMPSON, Field Assistant to the President.

.Kansas City, Mo.
Herington, Kas.

Pueblo, Colo.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
E. N. HOPKINS, Chairman.
E. R. MOSES....
L. M. MARKHAM.
W. G. REA..........
A. C. BLAIR.

.Lexington, Mo. Great Bend, Kas.

.Lamar, Colo. Marshall, Mo.

.Lyons, Kas.

DEPARTMENT NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATION

510 Railway Exchange Building, Kansas City, Missouri.

STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS

Maryland..

W. E. G. Hitchins, Frostburg
Maryland.

.Emery L. Coblentz, Frederick
Pennsylvania..

.J. P. Eagleson, Washington
Pennsylvania.

Geo. F. Titlow, Uniontown
West Virginia......

.H. S. Sands, Wheeling
Ohio...........

B. A. Mathews, Columbus
Ohio..

.Gov. James M. Cox, Dayton
Indiana...

.Dr. I. S. Harold, Indianapolis
Indiana.

Chas. E. McKeen, Terre Haute
Illinois..

.C. W. Shimel, Casey
Illinois.

.Lincoln Bancroft, Greenup
Missouri.

.R. A. Long, Kansas City
Missouri.

E. W. Stephens, Columbia
Kansas..

..H. C. Sticher, Osage City
Kansas

.C. W. Black, Council Grove
Colorado

.L. B. Sylvester, Monte Vista
Colorado.......

...A. L. Branson, Trinidad
New Mexico............... -J. S. Mactavish, Magdalena
New Mexico..

..C. E. Manning, Gallup
Arizona..

Rev. Cyprian Vabre, Flagstaff
Arizona..

Anson H. Smith, Kingman
California.

.S. L. Mitchell, Los Angeles
California..

.H. W. Keller, Los Angeles