Midwest Region of the National Park Service
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quarter of the 18th century it became a cross roads of travel the M ississippi River just south of the junction of the Mis· ferries operate freq uently from two shore points, Catawba and a vital link in the network of waterways that nurtured the soun Ri ver. Becau se of its strategic location, St. Louis be· Point and Port Clinton, April to November. The Memo rial is fur trade empire. Each summer, from abo ut 1778to 1803 , this came a hub of mid-continent settl&m ent, commerce, and closed November t hrough Mar h. Elevator to Memorial top, NATIONAL PARK w ilderness outpost was the meeting place of the North West culture when President Thomas Jefferso n arranged the pur scenic views, exhibits; limit ed amping and tou rist services Company. From t he east cc me canoe loads of trade goods; chase of the vast " Louis iana TerritOI)'" fro m France in 1803. on Island; full services at mainland communities. Mail SERVICE AREAS from the northwest, beaver furs bound for Montreal and the For many years, St. Lou is w as the g.1teway to the vast new addr~ss: P.O. Box 78, Put-in-Bay, Ohio 43456. markets of Eu rope. Today, the stockade, " Great Hall" and territories of the West. The graceful ateway Arch is to St. kitchen, canoe warehouse and other authentic reproduc Louis today w hat the Eiffel Tower i to Paris. Symbolizing the tions, al I help to recreate the setting of two centuries ago. " Gateway to the West," it commemorates Thomas Jefferson, IN THE You may retrace t he 81/2 mile (13112 kilo meters ) Grand Portage the Louisiana Purchase, and perhap most importantly, the This park in Cinci nnati preserves a two-story brick resi Trail, like the voyageurs of old. Much easier is the half-mile hardy indiv iduals who explored and settled the ;\merican dence which was the birthplace and boyhood home of the walk to the top of Mount Rose with its scen ic view. Guided West during the 19th century . A modern M useum of West only person to serve as both President (1909-1913) and Chief tours, exhibits, craft demonstrati.ons (summer only). Open ern Expansion, the largest museum in the National Park Ser Ju stice (1921-1930) of the United States. W illiam Howard all year, but staffed o nly from mid-May to October. Limited vice, is located underground beneath t he Gateway Arch. This unit of the National Park System preserves a massive Taft's father, Alphonso Taft, a Yale educated lawyer, moved MIDWEST tourist services and camping nearby; full services at Grand Two other structures, each rich in the history of the 19th cen promontory of sandstone an d clay rising 800 feet (210 west and settled in Cincinnati in 1838. H e bought t he house Marais, Minnesota (3 6 miles - 58 kilometers - southwest) tury, are a part of t he Mem orial. The Old Courthouse meters) above the North Platte River i n western Nebraska, in 1851 and remodeled it extensively to accommodate his and Thunder Bay, Ontario (45 miles - 72 kilometers - north (1839-64), where the famed Dred Scott case originated, and not far from the Wyoming line. Called "Mea-ate" by the In growing family. The younger Taft, our 27th President, was east). Mail address: P.O. Box 666, Grand Marais, MN 55604. the Old Cathedral (1831-34) have national significance in d ians, it was christened Scott's Bluff by fur trappers in the born here in the house, on Sept. 15, 1857. It was in this REGION their own right. The Memorial is open all year except for 1830s, named for Hiram Scott, w ho died alone and unattend neighborhood that he grew up, playing baseball with his Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day. Capsule ride ed in the vicinity in 1828. Early wago~ Jtrains bound for O re four brothers and attending Woodward High School. He to the top of the Arch; walks in the park along the Mississip go n clattered around its slopes . In Brigham Young led A low but conspicuous rocky ledge interrupts the flat 1~7 , went off to Ya le and pu rsued a legal/political career during pi River, no camping; tourist services in the adjacent city; his follow ers toward Salt Lake along thle nearby river. During prairie in the southwest corner of Minnesota. Hard quartzite the period when America was becoming a world power. But walking distance from downtown St. Louis. Mail address: 11 1849-50 , after go ld d iscoveries in Ca ifornia, thousands of ledges extend for nearly a mile along a grassy swale. Near the he always remembered his ha ppy childhood in t his comfor North Fourth Street, St. Louis, Mo. 63102. men, women and chi ldren worked their way westward past base of this outcrop is a seam of dense red mineral, today table home. The ho use is being adaptively restored and re its cliffs . Later still, the Overland Mail, Pony Express and the called "catlinite" o r "pipestone." Although difficult to furnished to d uplicate the flavo r of the 1860's. Present ly, the first transcontinent telegraph line pa ~ sed by. You can see quarry, once extracted, the soft red stone was easily carved first floor and exhibit room are open daily from Memorial remnants of the old trail in the park, etched into t he prairie with primitive tools in prehistoric times. Native American In Extending through the verdant hardwood forests of the Day through Labor Day, and Monday through Friday the by 350,000 emigrants. Visitor center with interpretive ex dians used this stone for ceremonial and social objects, hilly Ozark Plateau in southern M issouri is a different kind of remainder of the year. o camping or picnicking. All tourist hibits on western migrations; gallery with art by pioneer notably their famous " peace pipes." They travelled hun national park area. Here a narrow strip of public park land services in surrounding city. Lo ation and mail address: 2038 artist-photographer W. H. Jackson; auto road to top of the dreds of miles to dig out this rare material and it was traded follows the banks of Current River and its t ributary, Jack's Auburn Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45219. mesa ; self-guiding trail aro und summit rim; 1Y2 mile hiking far and wide, long before the white man settled the land. Fork, for 134 miles (226 kilometers), p reserving the scenic t rail along slopes of bluff; living history demonstrations dur This federal area was established by Congress in 1937 to pre river backdrop for canoeists and John-boat floaters. Much of ing summer. Open all year except Christmas and New Year's serve the historic aboriginal quarries for all time. Only the river country is little changed from t he days when only WISCONSIN Day. N o camping or picnicking; tourist services in nea rby Indians can excavate the material today. Many do so, and Indians lightly trod the Ozark trails. It requires a float trip to towns. Par k is on Nebraska 92, three miles (5 kilometers) you can often watch them at work, carving various traditional savor fully the area's natural and sc nic values . Bring your west of Gering. Mail address: P.O. Box 427, Gering, Neb. forms from it, including pipes of many shapes. Open all own canoe, or float vessel - or rent one at various points Off Wisconsin's Bayfield Peninsula, the 22 Apostle Islands 69341 . year; visitor center, self-guiding trail, exhibits, Indian Cul along t he streams. You don't have to canoe, _ho~ever . lie like emeralds in the sparkling waters of Lake Superior. tural Center, crafts demonstrations (summer). Picnic area, Motorists w ithout a boat may visit Alley Sp ring, w ith its old Twenty of the 22 islands and 12 miles of mainland sho reline no camping. Tourist se rvices in adjacent town. Monument red mill, see some of the largest springs in the world , or tour mney Rock National Hi toric Site are being preserved for modern man's exploration and en adjoins north side of Pipestone. Mail address: P.O. Box 727, Round Spring Cavern by lantern light (reservations re joyment by inclusion w ithin the National Lakeshore. Carved Pipestone, Minn. 56164. quired). Hiking, swimming, camping, picn icking, hunting, by now vanished glaciers, these rugged islands are ever fishing, summer-t ime naturalist programs and Ozark-craft Chim ney Rock, near Bayard , rises several hundred feet changing. Bi g lake storms and winter ice sculpture sand demonstrations. Tourist services in many small towns in above the b road valley of the North Platte River. The striking stone cliffs into fantastic pilla rs, caves and arches. Inland, vicinity of Riverway borders. Mail add res : P.O. Box 490, Van mo no lith, visible fro m highways in the vicinity, has been a the islands are mantled by a dense northern hardwood forest This unit and its companion unit, the Lower St. Croix Buren, MO 63965 . travelers' landmark for more t han a cent ury. No visitor facil - maple, birch and aspen w ith groves of pine and fir. Al National Scenic Riverway, are located in both Minnesota and ities, but a manned information trailer is operational during though both rock and forest w ere exploited by 19th century Wisconsin. See the Wisconsin listings for descriptions. summer months. Inquire in Bayard for directions. Owned by entrepreneurs, evidences of p Jst activities are vanishing be State of Nebraska and jointly managed by City of Bayard , neath a luxuriant second g rowth forest.