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

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........

Baltimore, Maryland Albuquerque, New Mexico

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.

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.

.St. Louis, Mo.

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

E. S. RALPH, Treasurer..

FRANK A. DAVIS, Secretary...

Columbia, Mo. Springfield, Ohio .Herrington, Kans.

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.

The National Old Trails Road Association

J. M. LOWE, President..

OFFICERS-1925

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.

DEPARTMENT NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATION

510 Railway Exchange Building, Kansas City, Missouri.

Maryland.
Maryland.......

STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS

Pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania..
West Virginia..

Ohio........

Ohio........

Indiana...

Indiana..

Illinois..

Illinois..

Missouri..

Missouri..

Kansas......

Kansas..

Colorado..

Colorado......

New Mexico.........
New Mexico..

Arizona....

Arizona..

California.

California..

W. E. G. Hitchins, Frostburg
Emery L. Coblentz, Frederick
J. P. Eagleson, Washington
Geo. F. Titlow, Uniontown
H. S. Sands, Wheeling
..B. A. Mathews, Columbus
Gov. James M. Cox, Dayton
Dr. I. S. Harold, Indianapolis
Chas. E. McKeen, Terre Haute
.C. W. Shimel, Casey
Lincoln Bancroft, Greenup
..R. A. Long, Kansas City
E. W. Stephens, Columbia
H. C. Sticher, Osage City
..C. W. Black, Council Grove
L. B. Sylvester, Monte Vista
A. L. Branson, Trinidad
J. S. Mactavish, Magdalena
C. E. Manning, Gallup
Rev. Cyprian Vabre, Flagstaff
Anson H. Smith, Kingman
.S. L. Mitchell, Los Angeles
.H. W. Keller, Los Angeles