The National 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 Cumberland-
now 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

The Great Historic National Highway
of America

SPONSORED BY

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cooke, President General

NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD COMMITTEE

Baltimore, Maryland Albuquerque, New Mexico

Mrs. Herbert Matthew Gault, Vice-Chairman.......
Mrs. Robert P. Barnes, Vice-Chairman..
Mrs. John Trigg Moss, Chairman.....
Mrs. George E. George, Vice-Chairman.

Mrs. William R. Van Tuyl, Vice-Chairman..

Mrs. Lipscomb Norvell, Vice-Chairman......

St. Louis, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Leavenworth, Kansas 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...

Mrs. B. Steinkamper, Treasurer National...

St. Louis, Mo .St. Louis, Mo. Jersey City, N. J.

St. Louis, Mo.

St. Louis, Mo.

Mrs. Chas. W. Bryan, Jr., Cor. Secretary National..
Mrs. John A. Laird, 1st Vice-President National..
Mrs. Gilbert H. Fox, 2nd Vice-President National....Webster Groves, Mo.
Mrs. A. E. Reton, 3rd Vice-President National..
Mrs. B. G. Fallis, 4th Vice-President National..
Mrs. Ray G. Alexander, Recording Secretary National......St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. A. F. Boehmer, Auditor National...

.St. Louis, Mo.

St. Louis, Mo.

The National Old Trails Road Association

(Incorporated)

J. M. LOWE, President..

OFFICERS 1912

Kansas City, Mo.

HARVEY M. SHIELDS, General Vice-President....Dawson, New Mexico. WALTER WILLIAM'S, Advisory Vice-President..

E. S. RALPH, Treasurer..

Columbia, Mo. Springfield, Ohio Herrington, Kans.

FRANK A. DAVIS, Secretary..

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.; O. 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.