Wagon Tracks Volume 14 Issue 4 Wagon Tracks Volume 14, Issue 4 (August Article 1 2000) 2000 Wagon Tracks. Volume 14, Issue 4 (August, 2000) 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 14, Issue 4 (August, 2000)." Wagon Tracks 14, 4 (2000). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wagon_tracks/vol14/iss4/1 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 14, Issue 4 (August, 2000) NTRA SANTA FE TRAIL ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY VOLUME 14 AUGUST 2000 NUMBER 4 .. , , FOLLOW THE GREEN PICKUP jt~ , ,it, by D. Ray Blakeley ..~:1'.. (Blaheley, from Clayton, is president ..:' . of the Cimarron Cutoff Chapter " which hosted the joint meeting ofsev­ eral SFTA chapters, July 15-16.) THE first joint meeting ofthe six (or so) western chapters of the Santa Fe Trail Association was successful be­ yond the wildest expectations of the hosting Cimarron Cutoff Chapter. More than 60 SFTA members con­ gregated in Clayton over the July 15 weekend. Before the confab was con­ cluded, a caucus among members of the Bent's Fort Chapter resulted in their decision to host the second joint session in conjunction with their regular meeting and annual sites tour program over the second week: Lto R: Glenda Sours checking food, Julie Daicoff lifting lid oft Dutch oven, and Judy end in June 2001. Leary getting a shovel full of hot embers to add to top of Dutch oven. The first session kicked off with a HISTORIC COOKING CAME TO LIFE AT MAHAFFIE rendezvous at the Herzstein Memo­ FARMSTEAD BULLWHACKER DAYS INJUNE rial Museum in Clayton on Saturday .afternoon to organize a "train" out to by Julie Daicoff the Rabbit Ear Creek campground, (Jnlie Daicoff, Olathe, KS, is a mem­ located on private land northwest of PERHAPS you recall your first les­ ber of the Missouri River Outfitters son in Home Economics that told you Clayton near Mr. Dora. This tour Chapter and a master gardener with and the Sunday afternoon, July 16, to try a recip~ before serving it to special interest in historic gardening. your guests? You might even recall trek to the Turkey Creek camp­ She thanhs Anne Mallinson and ground, the Kiowa National Grass­ the lesson to double-check your. in­ Glenda Sours for contribu.tions to gredients. before use. As adults we land site, and to McNees Crossing this article. Those wanting more in­ were ably conducted by local forest are afforded the opportunity to re­ formation abont food along the Trad learn life's lessons.. service staffers. "Follow the green should see SFTA Vice-President pickup" became the catch phrase and Sam'l P. Arnold's highly-acclaimed On Saturday, June 24, 2000, sev­ unofficial theme of the convention. Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail, avail­ eral members of the Missouri River Outfitters Chapter relearned those (continued on page 16) able from the Last Chance Store.) . , , } lessons at Fiesta Bullwhacker Days t' .-- ,.. , '. at the Mahaffie Farmstead and . Stagecoach Stop in Olathe, Kansas. Joining the Friends of Mahaffie were Anne Mallison, Glenda SOUl"S, and Julie Daicoff, dressed in period cloth­ ing, who served samples of foods cooked over an open fire in Dutch ov­ ens. Cooking for hundreds in Dutch ov- (continued on page 13) SFT RENDEZVOUS A modern Trail caravan makes a stop at the Rabbit Ear Creek campground on July .' LARNED, KS 15, the first stop during the western chapters joint meeting, The lead pickup is green', .... 'SEPTEMBER 21-23, 2000 .. , (Photo courtesy Inez Ross.) August 2000 1 Published by UNM Digital Repository, 2000 1 Wagon Tracks, Vol. 14 [2000], Iss. 4, Art. 1 PRESIDENT'S COLUMN been "plowed" unsuccessfully for All matters relating to Wagon years, hoping that finally a viable so­ Trac!?s should be directed to SFTA AT the western chapters gathering lution would arise. (I think a few Editor Leo E. Oliva, PO Box 31, Woodston KS 67675. July 15-16 in Clayton, NM, I once ideas emerged which should be tested.) Once again we were re­ Telephone: (888) 321-7341 again observed the importance-no, FAX: (785) 425-6865 necessity of togetherness. You may minded that we do not always pay E-Mail: [email protected] sound attention to what has gone think this to be a trite remark; we all Headquarters ofthe Santa Fe Trail learned in Psychology 101 that the before, thus must "reinvent the Association are located at the office human species survived for millions wheel." Once again we discovered ofSecretary-Treasurer Ruth Olson of years because it is a "group" spe­ that we have accomplished more Peters. Santa Fe Trail Center, RR cies requiring the connection-de­ than some would acknowledge. Once 3, Larned KS 67550. Telephone: (316) 285-2054 pendency, if you will-of one person again we heard that everyone has r trouble locating enough volunteers FAX: (316) 285-7491 to another. Hermits are anomalies, E-Mail: [email protected] J not the standard. Yet, a national or­ to achieve all we seek to do. Once again we learned how diverse are our WAGON TRACKS is the official ganization, whose members are geo­ publication of the Santa Fe Trail graphically separated, must rely in concepts about the Trail and Asso­ Association, a nonprofit organiza­ great measure on long-distance com­ ciation management. To wit, again tion incorporated under the laws of munication. Cohesiveness demands the reapportionment of board direc­ the State of Colorado. Letters and tors was aired. En route to the barbe­ articles are welcome, but they be­ that we must learn to operate effec­ come the property of WT and may tively without regular personal in­ cue picnic following the meeting, one be edited or abridged at the editor's teraction and the gratification it carload of three discussed this at discretion. All rights reserved. An­ produces. However, as human be­ length. The result: three people pre­ nual subscriptions are· obtained ings we know that nothing supplants ferred three different solutions! Yes, through membership in the Asso­ I surmise that once again we learned ciation, whose dues are fixed per the face-to-face encounters, these be-. calendar year. Checks should be ing the foundation for much of our something new to take home and made payable to the Santa Fe Trail "humanness." That is why we organ­ test. .Association and sent to the secre­ ize chapter events, sponsor the Sym­ I believe that the ultimate experi­ tary-treasurer. posium and Rendezvous, and find ence of Clayton was simply being Membership Categories other opportunities to be together. there, and bnce again being in the Benefactor $1,000 Patron $100/year Such was true at Clayton. presence of people who recharge our Institutional $40/year Clayton reminded me of yet an­ batteries. Perhaps there was· noth­ Business ' . $40/year' other human phenomenon: in life we ing unique about Clayton-chapters Family $30/year meet regularly and Symposium and Individual $25/year are changed by each encounter-we Youth (18 & under) $15/year, learn something new, different, and Rendezvous have been held for years. Clayton was special because Editor: Leo E. Oliva. PO Box 31, valuable. Learning something new Woodston KS 67675 (888) 321­ about the Santa Fe Trail each time once again the Santa F:e Trail 7341, FAX (785) 425-6865 we trudge along' that hallowed brought us together and gave us a President: Margaret Sears, 1871 ground is obvious, But, what about purpose, perhaps a bit larger than Candela: Santa Fe NM 87505 (505). le0rning about ourselves and our or­ our individual selves. Each individ­ 473-3124 or <margsears@cyberme ganization? I came home knowing ual SFTA member needs the chap­ sa.com> ' ter, each chapter needs SFTA, and Vice-President: Samuel Arnold, and appreciating my fellow travelers 2221 S Fillmore St. Denver CO a bit more than when I arrived, and I vice versa. Anyone who believes oth­ 80210 (303) 753-9161 dare say the same is true for all who erwise should repeat Psych 101. Secretary-Treasurer: Ruth Ol­ were there. I learned that there are In a few weeks we will again have son Peters, Santa Fe Trail Center, powerfully .motivated people in that special togetherness opportu­ RR 3, Larned KS 67550 (316) 285­ 2054, FAX (316) 285-7491 SFTA who are' accomplishing great nity as we gather in Larned for an­ 2001 Symposium Coordinator: things for the Trail. We can read other Rendezvous. Ifyou have not al- Stephen Whitmore, 120 Gabaldon about these in Wagon Tracl-ls, ,but . ready submitted. your registration, Rt, Las Vegas NM 87701 (505) 454­ 0683 hearing these recitations from the do it now! Ruth and the planning . ' chapter presidents exuded a vivid committee have come up with yet an­ Publicity Coordinator: Michael E. Pitel, PO Box 31386, Santa Fe aura not easily· communicated other incredibly compelling topic­ NM 87594 (505) 982-2704 through the written word. We "Cultural Perspectives of Nature Directors: learned of some fascinating up­ Along the Santa Fe Trail." (How do Morris Alexander, Oklahoma coming chapter events, which, hope-. they continue to come' up with such Helen Brown, Kansas fully, will draw those from other scintillating topics?) Anna Belle Cartwright, At-Large chapters. Incidentally, perusing the SFTA has lost a dear friend and . Clint Chambers, At-Large calendar in Wagon Trad<s, I was sur­ respected Trail authority: Wayne Faye Gaines, New Mexico prised to note that many chapter Smith died July 20 after an uncom­ Mary Gamble, Colorado events are missing.