The Lewis and Clark Trail: Final Report of the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission
1969. The Lewis and Clark Trail: Final Report of the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission. The Lewis and Clark Trail Commission. Washington, D.C.
The idea of a Lewis and Clark Trail was conceived in May 1961 by the late J.N. "Ding" Darling, cartoonist-conservationist for the Des Moines Iowa, Register. Following his death, friends and associates created the J.N. "Ding" Darling Foundation to advance his ideas on resource conservation. In 1962, the Foundation presented Mr. Darling's proposal for a "recreation ribbon" along the Lewis and Clark route to the Secretary of the Interior. Subsequently, the Secretary directed the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation to work with the States and other governmental units to study the proposal and to recommend ways of identifying and conserving the Expedition route. The results were published September 1965 in The Lewis and Clark Trail - A Proposal for Development. Before completion of that study, the Congress, on October 6, 1964, established the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission to advance public awareness of the Expedition, to encourage appreciation of the region through which Lewis and Clark passed, and to promote development of outdoor recreation resources along the route. The Commission was composed of 28 members who represented the Congress, interested Federal agencies, the J.N. "Ding" Darling Foundation, and the States of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Members of the Commission and of the IL State Lewis and Clark Trail Committees, as of October 6, 1969, are listed in the appendices.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 1969-10
- Publisher
- The Lewis and Clark Trail Commission
- Units
- HIST , LECL
- Keywords
- commission, Directives, ehistory, highway, History, Lewis and Clark, Preservation, public awareness, Recreation, Trail