Santa Fe Oregon Trails in Public Debate in Congress
Historian John Dickinson Sherman reviews the 68th Congress push to designate the Oregon Trail as a national historic highway. Debates center on authority, competing trails, and potential impacts on the Santa Fe and Mormon Trails, Overland Trail, and Lincoln Highway. The piece traces a rich chronology from Santa Fe to Oregon, Utah, and California, arguing for memorials to the pioneers and their journeys.
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Santa Fe
Oregon
Mormon
Northwest
St. Louis
San Francisco
United States
Congress
Utah
Abraham Lincoln
Kansas City
Gardner
Kan
Council Grove
Council Oak
Senate
Oregon Trail
Idaho
Washington
McNary
Laramie
Fort Laramie
Oregon Country
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
California
England
America
House of Representatives
United States of America
Independence
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Seaside
Ore
Olympia
Wash
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Gardner, Lawrence
Topeka
Rossville
Louisville
Frankfort
Wairbury
Hebron
Grand Island
Omaha
Fremont
Columbus
Kearney
North Platte
Lewellen
Bayard
Scottsbluff
Torrington
Douglas
Casper
Alcora
Muddy Gap
Eden
Granger
Kemmerer
Cokeville
Montpelier
Soda Springs
Pocatello
American Falls
Burley
Twin Falls
Buhi
Glenns Ferry
Mountain Home
Boise
Nampa
Caldwell
Payette
Parma
Ontario
Weiser
Huntington
Baker
la Grange
Pendleton
Umatilla
Columbia River
Dalles
Hood River
Portland
Astoria
Vancouver
House Committee On
House
Montana
Elmer O. Leatherwood
Leatherwood
Daniel Boone
Ohio
University of Wisconsin
Salt Lake City
Spain
Louisiana
France
Behring Strait
Clark
Northwest Territory
Mississippi
Robert Gray
Boston
Louisiana Purchase
Pike
Texas
Astor
American Fur Company
Hunt
North West Company
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Great Britain
Oregon Territory
Monroe
Mexico
Lee, Whitman
de Smet
Whitman
Fort Bridger
Polk
Clay
49Th Parallel
State
Union
New Mexico
Overland Stage Line
Pony Express
Brigham Young
Lewis and Clark
Pacific
West
Old Glory
Ogden
Excursions in Correspondence by Thomas Arkle Clark
A 1925 piece urges frequent courtesy letters after social events and favors. It highlights writing condolence, congratulation, and encouragement notes as refining manners, strengthening friendships, and aiding personal and business relations.
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Berkeley
Dodge
University Club
Portland
Stanley McCord
Stanford
Nancy
George Milton
Foley
Kinsey
France
Lincoln
Palm Beach
Battle Grounds
Europe
Western Newspaper Union
Scraps and Facts From Various Topics
Snakes have rudimentary leg bones and the origin of the word jiffy is unknown. The skylark holds the altitude record among birds. Mile lengths vary by country. Old world has no true cactus species. Railway locomotives live about 38 years on average. Siberian soil can freeze to 63 feet deep. The Dead Sea is nearly 2 percent salt and fishless. Lemon juice removes blackberry stains. Peanuts are used in several wood stain varieties.
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Siberia
Dead Sea
Catarrh Patient Claims Ten-Year Cure with Pe-ru-na
Charles S. Many of Ossining New York reports a decade long struggle with catarrh ending after using about ten bottles of Pe-ru-na He cites relief from dizziness and nasal odor and says he now keeps Pe-ru-na at home for colds He recommendsoriginal Pe-ru-na in tablet and liquid forms.
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Charles S. Many
Water St
Ossining
N. Y
Prom Night Doubt Meets Graduation and Golf
In the moonlit senior prom scene a couple contemplates graduation from college. He reflects on mixed feelings and quips that he plans to put his golf to practical use after the event.
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