Wagon Tracks Volume 13 Article 1 Issue 3 Wagon Tracks Volume 13, Issue 3 (May 1999) 1999 Wagon Tracks. Volume 13, Issue 3 (May, 1999) Santa Fe Trail Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wagon_tracks Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Santa Fe Trail Association. "Wagon Tracks. Volume 13, Issue 3 (May, 1999)." Wagon Tracks 13, 3 (1999). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wagon_tracks/vol13/iss3/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wagon Tracks by an authorized editor of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. : Wagon Tracks. Volume 13, Issue 3 (May, 1999) SANTA FE TRAIL ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY VOLUME 13 MAY 1999 NUMBER 3 DIARY OF WILLIAM !• •• ANDERSON THORNTON: ~ i MILITARY SERVICE ON THE 'ct '. TRAIL AND IN NEW MEX­ SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM ICO, 1855-1856, PART I by Jan White Transcribed by Steppen Clyde Blair (Jan White, Council Graue, member and Bonita M. Oliva of SFTA and Heart of the Flint Hills Chapter, is in charge ofpublicity for WILLIAM A. Thornton was born in the 1999 symposium.) Albany, NY, in 1802. He graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at ONCE againAmerican Indians and West Point, NY, in 1825, and was ap­ Santa Fe Trail travelers will meet in pointed second lieutenant in the 'The Grove" during the SFTA Sym­ SFTA ELECTION BALLOTS . Fourth Artillery. Following artillery posium at Council Grove: "Treaties, DUE JULY 15 training at Fort Monroe, VA, he Trails, and Traders," September 23­ helped survey the Dismal Swamp 26, 1999. Presenters include retired THE nominating committee (Anne Canal in 1826. He was an instructor United States Senator Nancy Kasse­ Mallinson, chair, Morris Alexander, at West Point, 1826-1829. He was on baum Baker, the Chairperson of the and Lolly Ming) submits the follow­ ordnance duty at Watertown Arse­ Kaw Nation Wanda Stone, and many ing slate for officers and directors. nal, MA, 1829-1831, and instructed noted historians and authors. Information about each candidate at the Artillery School for Practice at On Saturday evening a cast and and the mail-in ballot are inserted in Fort Monroe, 1831-1832. He accom­ crew of over 100 people will present this issue. Please take the time to panied the Black Hawk Expedition "Voices of the Wind People," an out­ vote, and return the ballot to Secre­ in 1832. He was stationed at Char­ door pageant celebrating the histori­ tary Ruth Olson Peters no later than leston Harbor, SC, 1832-1833, dur­ cal significance of Council Grove. July 15, 1999. ing South Carolina's threatened nul­ The pageant, set in the Old Riverbed President (2-year term): Margaret lification, and was on duty at Wa­ Amphitheater near the Neosho River Sears, Santa Fe tervliet Arsenal, NY, 1833-1836. Crossing of the Santa Fe Trail, fea­ Vice-President (2-year term): Sam'l Promoted to first lieutenant in tures the history of the Trail, early­ Arnold, Denver ' 1835, Thornton performed quarter­ day Council Grove, and the Kaw (or master duty during the Florida War, Kansa) people for whom the state is At-Large Director (4-year term, vote for one): Anna Belle Cartwright, 1836-1837, after which he was sta­ named. It is preceded by a trail feed tioned at various arsenals. He was in the grove where the treaty with Kansas City MO; Jack William Nelson, Grand Junction CO promoted to captain of ordnance in the Osage Nation, arranged by the 1838 and commanded several arse­ Sibley survey party, was signed in Colorado Director (4-year term): Phil nals. He was also Inspector of Con­ 1825, granting safe passage for Trail Petersen, La Junta tract Arms, 1840-1854. He received travelers through their land. Kansas Director (4-year term, vote the rank of brevet major in 1848. I Ron Parks, former curator of the for one): Helen Brown, Elkhart; Kaw Mission State Historical Site, Glenda Sours, Olathe created the pageant to bring alive Missouri Director (4-year term, vote , the past from a cultural perspective. for one): John Atkinson, St. Jo­ It is a multi-media presentation, seph; Nancy Lewis, Blue Springs combining living-history scenes, a New Mexico Director (4-year term): slide show, and singing and dancing Faye Gaines, Point of Rocks •, performances by the cast. The pag­ Ranch J; " eant also features the 1821 Becknell t ". Oklahoma Director (4-year term,): E. " pack train, a wagon caravan, the A. "Mike" Slater; Alva signing ofthe 1825 treaty, trading at the old Seth Hays store, an ice cream social set in old Council Grove, a WILLIAM ANDERSON THORNTON (continued on page 4) (continued on page 19) May 1999 1 Published by UNM Digital Repository, 1999 1 Wagon Tracks, Vol. 13 [1999], Iss. 3, Art. 1 PRESIDENT'S COLUMN fessional advancement. Many of us All matters relating to Wagon in SFTA no longer need to worry Tracks should be directed to SFTA AMONG the special perks attached about that, but think what we are Editor Leo E. Oliva, PO Box 31, to SFTA board membership are the providing to those who must. This is Woodston KS 67675. frequent opportunities to head to a major accomplishment, and we Telephone: (888) 321-7341 Larned. Such was the case when thank Joanne VanCoevern for the FAX: (785) 425-6865 Faye Gaines, Stephen Whitmore, inspiration behind it and SFTA E-Mail: [email protected] and I drove to the midyear board member Joyce Thierer of Emporia Headquarters ofthe Santa Fe Trail Association are located at the office meeting last month. These drives State University who will be the in­ of Secretary-Treasurer Ruth Olson usually involve stops at Trail sites. structor. Peters, Santa Fe Trail Center, RR This time we selected Morton David Gaines, superintendent of 3, Larned KS 67550. • County Museum at Elkhart, KS, the National Park Service Long Dis­ Telephone: (316) 285-2054 once again to view the splendid Trail tance Trails Group Office, an­ FAX: (316) 285-7491 exhibit. Farther up the road we nounced that the FY99 Challenge E-Mail: [email protected] '. drove through Fort Dodge, and a few Cost-Share Program applications is WAGON TRACKS is the official miles beyond viewed the Coronado publication of the Santa Fe Trail now open. There is not much time Association, a nonprofit organiza­ Cross and gazed across the Kansas before the June deadline, so if you tion incorporated under the laws of bottomlands toward the lower cross­ have a project that needs funding, the State of Colorado. Letters and ing ofthe Arkansas River. At Offerle contact John Conoboy at 505-988­ articles are welcome, but they be­ we checked out the fine mural on the come the property of WT and may 6733 immediately. Undoubtedly, be edited or abridged at the editor's side of the local cafe. Both going and there are numerous improvements discretion. All rights reserved. An­ coming, we looked for the WetlDry needed along the Trail: interpretive nual subscriptions are obtained markers along the highway. En markers and wayside exhibits, ar­ through membership in the Asso­ route home we took time to swing by chaeological surveys, and, high on ciation, whose dues are fixed per calendar year. Checks should be the contemporary sculpture, "The the list, school curriculum packages. made payable to the Santa Fe Trail Plainswoman," on the Dodge City Chapter presidents have copies of Association and sent to the secre­ Community College campus. Fi­ the CCSP Guidelines. Peruse them tary-treasurer. nally, we stopped at Wolf Mountain carefully to see how your plans to im­ Membership Categories in Oklahoma where we saw fine ruts. prove the Trail in your area can take Benefactor $1,000 Each of these stops, as on past ex­ a huge. leap forward with CCSP Patron $100/year cursions, produced its own special funding. Then, call John. Institutional $40/year experience. Such experiences are be­ Member Marie Belt from Califor­ Business .$40/year Family $30/year ing repeated continuously this year nia offered an intriguing idea. She Individual $25/year as SFTA members and others race suggested that SFTA provide a Youth (18 & under) $15/year up and down the Trail searching for cemetery for those who wish their fi­ Editor: Leo E. Oliva, PO Box 31, locations where their Traveler's Cre­ nal resting place to be beside the Woodston KS 67675 (888) 321­ dential can be stamped. This project Trail. Someone else suggested that 7341, FAX (785) 425-6865 . " .. ... ... IS rapHuy gammg momentum, and SFTA could offer a place for cre­ President: Margaret Sears, 1871 while getting another stamp which mated remains or provide a service Candela, Santa Fe NM 87505 (505) 473-3124 brings one closer to a sumptuous din­ to scatter: ashes over the Trail. This Vice-President: Samuel Arnold, ner at Sam Arnold's Fort Restaurant sounded good to the board, and Anne 2221 S Fillmore St, Denver CO is on all travelers' minds, it is the Mallinson and Joanne VanCoevern 80210(303)753-9161 wonder of standing in a rut or roam­ quickly volunteered to explore the Secretary-Treasurer: Ruth Ol­ ing about ruins that compels us to idea. Ifanyone else wishes to jointhe son Peters, Santa Fe Trail Center, If RR 3, Larned KS 67550 (316) 285­ make the journey. you have not team, let me hear from you. 2054, FAX (316) 285-7491 been out on the Trail yet this year, Project Compadres, with Anna 1999 Symposium Coordinator: get going before Y2K hits us! Belle Cartwright at the helm, is mov­ Jim Selby, 200 N Chautauqua, Elsewhere in Wagon Tracks you ing along at a good clip.