In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark (41 page)

Missouri River Basin Project (1944),
138

Missouri (state),
131
,
148
; county Lewis and Clark committees,
125–126
,
151

Mobridge (South Dakota),
26
,
49
,
96
,
103–104

Model T (Henry Ford's automobile),
92–93

Montana Federation of Women's Clubs,
25

Montana Governor's Commission,
36

Montana Highway Department,
145

Montana Historical Society,
152

Montana legislature,
34
,
37

Montana Lewis and Clark Trail Committee,
2
,
125
,
145–146

Montana Power Company,
133

Montana (state),
33
,
62
,
80
,
83
,
123
,
152
; Armstead 1915 pageant,
115
; attempts to establish heroic-size statues of Lewis and Clark,
34–38
,
39
; Bear Paw battleground,
33
; Big Hole Valley,
62
; Bitterroot Mountains,
80
; buffalo country,
80
; Camp Fortunate,
62
; capitol murals,
83
; Clark's party crosses Continental Divide going east,
62
; commemoration of Lewis and Clark,
5–6
; DAR,
25
,
27
,
115
; eastern,
45
,
49
,
138
,
142
,
151
; expedition route,
52–54
,
88
,
168
; Fort Peck Dam and Reservoir,
53
,
138
; and Gateway Arch dedication,
146
; Gibbons Pass,
62
; Gray (Ralph) auto trip along trail,
101–103
; Great Falls Interpretive Center,
167
; Great Falls of the Missouri River,
12
,
55–58
,
56
,
61
,
74
,
97
,
133
,
157
; Hansen pageants,
117–123
,
159–160
; Helena parade for Lewis and Clark centennial,
20
; high plains vegetation,
45
; highways,
54
,
96–97
; Lemhi Pass,
148
; Lewis and Clark centennial,
38
,
39
; Lewis and Clark highways designated,
145
; Lewis and Clark National Trail Commission,
131
; Lewis and Clark sesquicentennial,
38
,
108
,
112
,
126
; Lolo Creek,
81
; Lolo Pass Interpretive Center,
167
; Lost Trail Pass,
62
; north-central,
54
; Marias River,
30
; and Missouri River,
52–54
,
184(n43)
; Montana Trail Committee,
145
; National Historic Landmark,
148
; Northern Pacific Railway,
78
; parkland donation to at the Three Forks,
113
; portage site donated to,
149
; Sacagawea “unsung heroine” of,
25
; Saindon articles on Lewis and Clark sites,
151
; shift in means for commemoration,
5–6
; southwestern valleys,
61
; state centennial,
38–39
; State Highway
200
,
54
; state line with Idaho,
123
; state line with North Dakota,
96
; state recreation waterways,
184(n43)
; and U.S. bicentennial,
38
; version of Sacagawea's death,
22
; western,
88
,
133
; and Yellowstone River,
52–53
,
62
,
168
; Yellowstone Trail Association,
94

Montana State Highway Commission,
116

Montana Study (the),
117–118

Monuments and statuary,
xi
; Armstead,
27
; Astoria Column,
29–30
,
31
,
32
; Camp Fortunate,
34
; Clark statue and bronze bust for grave marker,
18
; Floyd memorial,
101
; and folk images,
37–38
; Fort Benton,
37–38
,
39
; Fort Clatsop National Monument legislation,
111
; Great Falls,
34
,
36
,
38
; Historical Society of the Rocky Mountains,
8
; Keck statue (Virginia),
28–29
; Lewis and Clark column in Washington Park, Portland,
23
,
28
; Lewis and Clark grave markers,
27
; Lewis and Clark Memorial Association,
37
,
98
; Lewis statue at Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
18
; Montana's early attempts at Lewis and Clark statue
34–37
; public interest in,
26–28
,
38
; Sacagawea first depicted with Lewis and Clark,
28
;
Sacajawea
statue (Bird Woman) in Washington Park, Portland,
24
,
25
,
26
; Sacagawea statues, number of,
19
; St. Louis,
146
; Seaside (Oregon),
26
,
33
,
35
,
36
; sesquicentennial,
5
,
38
; shift in mode of commemoration,
4
,
40–41
; site competition among Montana cities,
34–38
; state and federal historical markers,
165
; women's suffrage movement,
23–27
.
See also
Memorials

Moreau River,
44
,
50

Moreno, Jacob,
117

Mormon Trail,
149
,
153

Morrison, Samuel Elliot,
30

Mosquitoes,
58

Mount Adams (Washington),
69

Mount Hood (Oregon),
69

Mount Rainier (Washington),
69

Mount St. Helens (Washington),
69

Mulford, Ralph,
92

Mullan, John,
8
,
10
,
80

Mullan Pass,
81

Mullan Trail,
8

Multicultural views,
163

Multnomah Falls,
68
,
95

Multnomah River,
69

Museum of Westward Expansion (St. Louis),
146

Myth: national,
2–4
; of the West,
11

Mythical fame,
9–11

Narrows, the (of the Columbia River),
85

Nashville, Tennessee,
16

Natchez Trace Trail,
153

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA),
23

National Broadcasting Company (NBC),
133

National Conference on State Parks,
132

National Congress of American Indians,
161

National Defense Interstate Highway,
91
; program,
104

National Geographic Magazine
,
101
,
135

National Highways Association,
176(n1)

National Historic Landmark (official category),
113
,
148

National Historic Place (official category),
152

National Historic Trail and Travelway (official category),
153–155
,
159

National identity,
1

National Lewis and Clark Commission.
See
Lewis and Clark National Trail Commission

National Old Trails Road (later Route 66),
94

National Park Service,
125
,
132
; archeologist (Caywood),
110
; and Floyd's grave monument,
173(n38)
; Fort Clatsop Interpretive Center established,
127
; Jefferson National Expansion Memorial established,
145–146
; Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail administered by,
166–167

National parks,
5
; highway,
37

National Scenic Trail (official category),
152–153
,
159

National Tourway,
125–126

National Trails network (or system),
149
,
152

National Trails System Act (1968),
6
,
149

National Wild Scenic River System,
156

National Wildlife Federation,
130

Native Americans,
xii
; enlistment in pageants,
115–116
; response to Lewis and Clark bicentennial,
160–161
; traders,
51

Nebraska (state): auto tourism (early) on Lewis and Clark route,
96
; Chief Blackbird's grave near Macey,
47
; “Council Bluffs” site,
135
; cross-country auto journey (1903),
91
; expedition to mouth of Platte River,
46
; Fort Manuel Lisa and Sacagawea,
22
; Hamburg Bend Wildlife Management Area,
155
; Lewis and Clark National Trail Commission,
131
; Lewis and Clark Trail Committee of,
145
; Lincoln Highway,
93
; National Wild Scenic River System,
156
; sesqui-centennial and,
126
; Sioux Indians,
48–49
; vegetation on Missouri River,
45–46

Netul River.
See
Lewis and Clark River

Neuberger, Richard,
110

New York City,
91–93

New York (state),
17
,
28
,
93–94

New York Times
,
108

Nez Perce (Native American tribe): Bearpaw battleground,
33
; called Choppunish by Lewis and Clark,
64
; expedition saved from starvation,
2
,
84
; and expedition's horses,
70–71
; hunting area,
64–65
; Lewis and Clark first encounter with,
142
; Lolo Trail use,
63
,
80
,
82
; Peebles aided by,
86
;
scalp dance at pageant,
116
; as scouts,
71
,
73–74
; sesquicentennial pageant and encampment,
116
,
124
; Space (Ralph) and,
87

Nez Perce National Historical Park

(Spalding, Idaho),
145
,
167

Ninepipe, Adolph,
123

Niobrara Formation,
47

Niobrara River,
47

Nixon, Nick,
159

Nixon, Richard,
144

Nora, Pierre,
3–4
,
162

North Dakota Highway Department, perimeter road numbering,
143

North Dakota (state),
96–97
,
125
; Burkett follows route by water,
136
; expedition's arrival at confluence of Yellowstone and Missouri rivers,
74–75
; Fort Mandan Interpretive Center,
167
; Fort Mandan site affected by river,
135
; Garrison Dam,
138
; Gray (Ralph) on,
101
; Hidatsa village,
21
; Highway Department and numbering,
143
; Highway
12
Association,
104
; Indians affected by Pick-Sloan project,
139
; Lewis and Clark Trail Commission,
131
; Lewis and Clark Trail Committee of,
145
; Lewis-Clark Highway (and a proposed) Lewis and Clark Highway,
104
; Mandan Villages,
44
; pageant at University of North Dakota,
115
; return to St. Louis of part of company,
44
; Sacagawea statue in Bismarck,
26
; Sioux Indians,
48–49
; Yates documentary film,
133

North Dakota State Outdoor Recreation Agency,
150

Northern Pacific Railway: Astoria Column dedication,
30
; Columbia River Historical Expedition,
30
; and public interest in Lewis and Clark,
7
; sesquicentennial publications,
111–112
,
135
; special train trips to monument and other sites,
33
; Wheeler as travel publicist for,
78
,
80
; Van Arsdol as surveyer for,
81
,
84
; Yellowstone National Park,
89

Northern Plains (U. S. region),
5
,
126

Northern Plains Indians,
53
,
114
,
140

Northwest.
See
Pacific Northwest

Northwest Passage (Lewis and Clark's trip),
119

Northwest Sesquicentennial Organizing Committee,
112
,
125

Noseeum Meadows,
87

Nugent, Walter,
129–130

Oahe Dam and Lake: Arikara villages covered,
103
; expedition encounter with Teton Sioux near,
48
,
139
; Gray (Ralph) at,
101
; locations spared from inundation,
156
; Pick-Sloan project,
138
; poor compensation for tribe's losses,
140

Ocean to Ocean Highway.
See
Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway

Office of Public Road Inquiry,
92

Ohio River and Valley,
5
,
43
,
48

Old Court House (St. Louis),
143

Old Spanish Trail,
94

Old Toby,
63
,
123
; his trail,
63
,
123

Olds Motor Company and curved-dash Oldsmobile,
92

Omaha (Nebraska),
16
,
46
,
138

Ordway, John,
71
; journal,
88

Oregon Arts Commission,
147

Oregon Country,
10
,
19
,
29

Oregon Dream
(play),
147–148