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Volume 14, Issue 2 (February, 2000) NTRA , , SANTA FE TRAIL ASSOCI4TION QUARTERLY " VOLUME 14 FEBRUARY 2000 NUMBER2 CLINT CHAMBERS NEW MYSTERY WITH A TOUCH SFTA BOARD MEMBER OF CLASS-AT, FORT UNION , (Chambers, Lubbock, TX, was elected by Alma Gregory " to complete the term of Jane Elder, (Gregory is a member of Corazon de Dallas, who resigned because ofpro­ los Caminos Chapter and staffwriter fessional obligations. A brief biogra­ for the Hermit's Peak Gazette news­ phy follows. A photo was not auail- paper in Las Vegas, NM) able for this issue) , Go easy," I told the guy running CLINT Chambers was born and the Bobcat because we didn't know grew up in Chickasha, OK, where he what might be under the dirt," Roger graduated from high school. He Portillo, Jr., said. Portillo said he is graduated from Baylor University at the maintenance supervisor at Fort Waco, TX, and from the University of Union, although Supt. Harry Myers Oklahoma School of Medicine, Okla­ calls him the foreman. homa City. After completing a rotat­ Fort Union National Monument is ing internship at Mercy Hospital, a key site on the Santa Fe Trail in . Oklahoma City, he served under the northeastern New Mexico. Its ruins, late Dr, Thomas A, Dooley on a vol­ museum, and bookstore are well unteer medical team in Cambodia worth a stop in your travels on 1-25. from 1960-1962, Take exit 366 at Watrous and drive In 1962 Dr. Chambers entered the eight miles west and north on state Air Force and completed residencies highway 161. The phone number is NANCY LEWIS NAMED in General Surgery and Colon and (505) 425-8025. They are also on the Rectal Surgery. His overseas assign­ TEACHER OF THE YEAR Internet. ments included Taiwan, Vietnam, On October 25, 1999, Portillo's THE National Council of the Social Thailand, and Germany. He was also crew of nine were digging up an old Studies (NCSS), comprised of27,000 stationed in Utah, Texas, Maryland, dirt bridge across a small gully run­ educators from throughout the Unit­ and Ohio. As an Air Force Colonel, ning from the corner oflaundresses' ed States, recently presented SFTA he retired from active duty in 1984. Director Nancy Lewis, Blue Mills, For the past 15 years Chambers (continued on page 7) MO, with their highest honor, Out­ has been in the private practice of standing Secondary Social Studies surgery in' Lubbock, TX.· He has Teacher of the Year, She received a served as the President of the Lub­ trophy and $2,500 at the 1999 an- bock County Medical Society, Sheriff .nual conference in Orlando, FL, of the Llano Estacado Corral of the The NCSS created the teacher of Westerners, and at present is vice­ the year award to recognize excep- ' president of the West Texas Histori- tional K-12 teachers who success­ . cal Association and vice-president of fully fulfill the mission ofsocial stud­ the Texas Panhandle Chapter of ies: "helping young people to develop SFTA. Welcome to the board Dr. the ability to make informed and Chambers. reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturallydi­ BOARD TO MEET AT verse, democratic society in an inter­ LARNED APRILS dependent world." Nancy, who holds degrees from THE SFTA governing board will the University of Missouri-Colum­ meet at the Santa Fe Trail Center at bia and Webster University in St­ Larned, April 8, 2000, to hear officer Louis, has taught American history, and committee reports and establish world history, sociology, and Mis­ policies for the Association. Several souri history at Truman High School committees will meet the previous New old steps discovered at Fort Union, in Independence for nearly 30 years. day. All SFTA members are invited with hospital in background (photo by (continued on page 6) to attend. Alma Gregory). February 2000 1 Published by UNM Digital Repository, 2000 1 Wagon Tracks, Vol. 14 [2000], Iss. 2, Art. 1 PRESIDENT'S COLUMN agendas set by the board VISItors All matters relating to Wagon should Ibe sharply focused. Schedul­ Tracks should be directed to SFTA THE Board ofDirectors gathered in ing a chapter workshop at Rendez­ Editor Leo E. Oliva, PO Box 31, Woodston KS 67675. January to plan SFTA's direction for vous aliso received much support. The bN:mkfasts, held since 1996, Telephone: (888) 321-7341 this term. This is important enough FAX: (785) 425-6865 to be the centerpiece of this column, have been most productive; but just E-Mail: [email protected] when diiscussion at these events but how, pray tell, can I turn a phleg­ Headquarters ofthe Santa Fe Trail matic, basic meeting into reportorial reache.d, a high, the "bell rang," and Association are located at the office magic? S'am Arnold could achieve "class 'Iwas over!" A number of proj­ ofSecretary-Treasurer Ruth Olson , ' miracles by spouting seamen's dit- ects haye been presented to the chap­ Peters, Santa Fe Trail Center, RR ties, emitting the familiar guttural ters for their consideration and pos­ 3, Larned KS 67550. sible a.ettion. Sam distributed copies Telephone: (316) 285-2054 "aargh" at the appropriate moment, FAX: (316) 285-7491 but my poetic talents have been re- to the board ofthe outstanding trail­ dinnel!':B guide he wrote for the chap­ E-Mail: [email protected] o duced to the first line only of Edgar ters as fund-raisers. Fostering inter­ WAGON TRACKS is the official Allen Poe's "The Raven." Yet, you publication of the Santa Fe Trail should be aware of that day's pro­ chapteIh' relations, another ongoing Association, a nonprofit organiza­ ceedings in its purity, sans ,the goal, oo:s captured the interest ofour tion incorporated under the laws of "aarghs." So, bear with me as we westemtl chapters who are planning a the State of Colorado. Letters and "West E:nd" gathering this summer. articles are welcome, but they be­ walk through the seven hours the come, the property of WT and may board spent examining how well Ma]Jl]Jling the Santa Fe Trail is also be edIted or abrIdged at the editor's SFTA met the goals and objectives progressiing, although the technical discretion. All rights reserved. An­ set in 1997, and the future that was nature Il)fthe task may incline the nual subscriptions are obtained genera] membership to wonder if through membership in the Asso­ charted. ciation, whose dues are fixed per Clearly, it is more gratifying to be­ anythiitrqg: is happening. The answer: calendar year. Checks should be gin with completed goals, and there Phil Pl2rt,ersen, Mapping Chair, re­ made payable to the Santa Fe Trail were several. First, we obtained non­ ports 1tlliat he is receiving completed Association and sent to the secre­ tary-treasurer. profit group status from the IRS fol­ mapping forms, and that most of the lowing two plus years of our concen­ chapters are making progress: The Membership Categories very tu:hnical nature of the project Benefactor $1,000 trated work, and purchased direc­ Patron, $100/year tors and officers insurance, an may prompt us to explore new ways InstltutlOnal $40/year equallytime-consuming process, last to sUPP,olrt the project. Combining Business $40/year December. Our association structur.e the M:lI.PlPing and Markers commit­ Family $30/year tees is being actively explored to Individual $25/year was meticulously examined by a Youth (18 & under) $15/year blue-ribbon task force, which opined eliminmte the overlapping nature of these clJlffimittees. Also, although we Editor: Leo E. Oliva, PO Box 31, that our structure is still appropriate' Woodston KS 67675 (888) 321­ to our needs, although the task force are' urider a modified marking mora­ 7341,' FAX (785) 425-6865 did suggest changes in the directors torium pending completion of map­ President: Margaret Sears, 1871 apportionment system. ping-that is to say, only after a Candela, Santa Fe NM 87505 (505) Promoting SFTA and the Trail given &e,ction is mapped, may mark­ 473-3124 or <margsears@roadrun- 0 ers be rnstalled in that section-it ner,com> was achieved principally through Vice-President: Samuel Arnold may b., ::rnecessary to motivate chap­ , ' Project Compadres (the .Trail muse­ 2221 S FIllmore St, Denver CO ums study), airing of public service ters to erect markers, and use the 80210(303)753-9161 marker !fund for this purpose. announcements on radio stations in Secretary-Treasurer: Ruth 01- 0 over 40 communities along the Trail, It w:a:s unanimously agreed that son Peters, Santa00 Fe Trail Center, our reca::nt efforts in education being RR 3, Larned KS 67550 (316) 285­ and the Travelers Credential incen­ 2054, FAX (316) 285-7491 tive program, these being the pri­ led by our Education Committee are 2001 Symposium Coordinator: mary objectives to expand promotion a crowniing achievement. Education Stephen Whitmore, 120 Gabaldon ofSFTA. The two former projects are worksh~lps at recent Symposia and Rt, Las Vegas NM 87701 (505) 454- 0683 0 , now in the follow-up phase.