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Heritage Corridors: Pathways to History f.o. r. .u. .m . .j. o. .u. r. .nn. .a. .l . The Journal of the National Trust for Historic Preservation • Fall 2007 • Volume 22 • No. 1 Heritage Corridors: Pathways to History . Periodicals Postage Paid Washington, D.C. 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Return Postage Guaranteed Address Correction Requested Published by National Trust Forum, a program of the National Trust’s Center for Preservation Leadership ...............................................................................................................foru m journal National Trust Forum Peter H. Brink Senior Vice President, Programs Katherine Adams Director, Center for Preservation Leadership Elizabeth Byrd Wood Editor Kerri Rubman Assistant Editor Brenda Barrett Guest Editor Steve Elkinton Guest Editor Ron Woods Business Manager National Trust for Historic Preservation Richard Moe President David J. Brown Executive Vice President Peter H. Brink Senior Vice President, Programs Gregory A. Coble Vice President, Business and Finance David Cooper Vice President, Development Paul Edmondson Vice President and General Counsel Stanley A. Lowe Vice President for Community Revitalization Dolores McDonagh Vice President, Membership Jan Rothschild Vice President for Communications and Marketing James Vaughan Vice President, Stewardship of Historic Properties Emily Wadhams Vice President, Public Policy National Trust Forum Advisory Board Paul Bruhn Preservation Trust of Vermont Pratt W. Cassity University of Georgia Alan Downer National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers E. Renee Ingram African American Heritage Preservation Foundation, Inc. Bruce D. Judd, FAIA Architectural Resources Group Heather MacIntosh Preservation Action Ann McGlone National Alliance of Preservation Commissions David Mertz National Council for Preservation Education David Morgan Former Kentucky State Historic Preservation Officer Marcel Quimby National Trust Board of Advisors Nancy Miller Schamu National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers Donna J. Seifert Society for Historical Archaeology John Simone Connecticut Main Street Center Antone G. Souza, Jr. Downtown Partnership of Sarasota, Inc. de Teel Patterson Tiller Goucher College The National Trust, concerned about the responsible stewardship of the environment, has published this journal on recycled paper that meets the EPA mandate of containing at least 50% waste paper. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a private, nonprofit membership organization, champions preservation by providing leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to people working to preserve, improve, and enjoy the places that matter to them. Its Washington, DC headquarters staff, six regional offices, and 28 historic sites work with the Trust's 270,000 members and thousands of local community groups in all 50 states. For more information, visit the National Trust’s website at www.nationaltrust.org . Forum Journal, a Journal of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, (ISSN 1536-1012) (USPS Publication Number 001- 715) is published quarterly by the Center for Preservation Leadership at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Mas - sachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 as a benefit of National Trust Forum membership. Forum members also receive six issues of Forum News , and six issues of Preservation magazine. Annual dues are $115. Periodicals paid at Washington, D.C. Postmaster: Send address changes to National Trust Forum, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Copyright © 2007 National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Printed in the United States. Of the total amount of base dues, $6.00 is for a subscription for Preservation magazine for one year. Support for the National Trust is provided by membership dues; endowment funds; individual, corporate, and foundation contributions; and grants from state and federal agencies. National Trust Forum Journal is a forum in which to express opinions, encourage debate, and convey information of importance and of general interest to Forum members of the National Trust. Inclusion of material or product references does not constitute an endorsement by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. ....................................................................... 1 F ALL 2007 c...............................................................................................................ontents Fall 2007 • Volume 22 • No. 1 Introduction: Heritage Corridors as Pathways to History Brenda Barrett . 4 The Great Allegheny Passage and Its Trail Towns: Connecting Recreation, Tourism, and Community Redevelopment Linda McKenna Boxx . 8 Preserving Route 66: A Federal Perspective Kaisa Barthuli and Michael Romero Taylor . 16 The Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Program Sally Pearce . 24 Historic Trails: From the Past to the Future? David J. Welch . 34 The Trail of Tears Across Southern Illinois: Garnering State Support for a Historic Trail Cheryl Jett . 43 Texas Heritage Trails Program: A Regional Tourism Initiative Janie Headrick . 49 Cover photos (clockwise from top left): Large photo: Frontier Motel and Restaurant in Truxton, Ariz. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service. Top left: Restored wagon near Alcove Spring, Kans. Photo by Jim Riehl. Middle : Colorado’s scenic byways sign. Photo by Sally Pearce, CDOT. Top right: Scenic river crossing in the Laurel Highlands in western Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of the Allegheny Trail Alliance. ...............................................................................................................3 F ALL 2007 Heritage Corridors ..............................................................ing one of the oldest and best- This issue of Forum Journal looks [E]ffective supported statewide partner - at the many different types of ships to assist communities in Introduction: Heritage Corridors heritage corridors and how com - management of these developing and promoting munities have come together in corridors is needed outstanding highway touring as Pathways to History innovative ways to recognize, experiences. Program Coordi - .....................................Brenda Barrett manage, and interpret them. not only to preserve nator Sally Pearce explains in Linda McKenna Boxx, natural, historic, and her article how the Colorado The United States is criss - fragmented local governments, president of the Allegheny initiative assists both federally crossed with miles of natural unplanned growth, and chang - Trail Alliance, tells how that recreational assets but recognized byways and state- waterways, almost forgotten ing economic realities. They organization has worked to also to bring economic designated roads, and coordi - canal systems, abandoned rail realize that effective manage - create the Great Allegheny nates funding and support lines, historic paths and trails ment of these corridors is Passage. Connecting Wash - opportunities to from numerous state and fed - that served both Native needed not only to preserve ington, D.C., to Pittsburgh, corridor communities. eral agencies. Americans and early explor - natural, historic, and recre - Pa., it is the longest multi- Celebrating its 40th .............................................................. ers, and historic roads such as ational assets but also to bring purpose trail in the country, anniversary in 2008, the the National Road, the Lin - economic opportunities to cor - following a network of canals In their article on Route 66, National Trails System Act coln Highway, and Route 66. ridor communities. and rail lines that once carried Kaisa Barthuli and Michael authorizing designation of These heritage corridors serve Perhaps because of the raw materials such as coal and Romero Taylor look at effec - National Trails was passed by as links to powerful themes of plentitude of these linear forest products as well as man - tive strategies for managing Congress in 1968. Ten years our past: telling the story of resources, the United States is ufactured goods. Today mil - this legendary highway and its later the category of National how European powers fought a leader in managing heritage lions of hikers and bikers enjoy uniquely American structures Historic Trail (NHT) was for dominance of the western corridors. Our byways pro - the scenic and recreational and towns. added to the existing Scenic frontier, how the raw materi - grams are a model for other qualities of the trail, and “Trail The National Scenic and Recreation Trails. As a als that fed the industrial rev - countries; past investments in Towns” along the route are Byways Program is part of the category, the historic trails are olution were transported by regional rail systems have left a learning how to cater to them. U.S. Department of Trans - designated by Congress to a complex system of rivers legacy of rights of ways ripe for Historic roads and byways portation, Federal Highway commemorate historic and and canals, how the intercon - conversion into trails; heritage are another important corridor Administration. The program prehistoric routes of travel that tinental railways spurred com - areas have been established to resource with a storied past. recognizes certain roads as All- are of significance to the entire merce and new settlement recognize distinctive land - The National Road, a 90-mile American Roads or National country. The first four estab - patterns, and how a national scapes and associated stories; stretch from Cumberland, Md.,
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