The Yellowstone Trail

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=50 style=" border-bottom: 3px solid #CC6600;" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>The Yellowstone Trail         </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Map"><B>Index to all contents (site map)</B></A></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=165 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFF00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="839" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF6600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FF9900" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yellowstone Trail Information"><B>The Yellowstone Trail</B></A></div> <div> <B>   What is it?  Where is it?</B></div> <div> <B>  What's to see?  How it came to be. </B></div> <div> <B>Find maps and information by using the </B><A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Map"><B>Site Map</B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2c0999f0.jpg" border=0 width="409" height="159" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 85 ><NOBR><div> <B> </B><A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone Trail Association"><B>The Yellowstone Trail Assoc.</B></A></div> <div> <B>Working together to research </B><B>and promote the highway.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone Trail Association"><B>Become a member or make a donation</B></A><B>.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="choose_arrow.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Choose Arrow"><B>Request a copy of the </B></A><A HREF="choose_arrow.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Choose Arrow"><I><B>Arrow</B></I></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 69 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="yellowstone_trail_publishers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yellowstone Trail Publishers"><B>Yellowstone Trail Publishers</B></A><A HREF="yellowstone_trail_publishers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yellowstone Trail Publishers"><B> </B></A></div> <div> <B>Your store for books, road signs, etc. related to</B><B> the YT</B><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 WIDTH="421"><div> <B> In 1912, a group of small town businessmen in South Dakota  undertook an ambitious project to create a useful automobile route, the Yellowstone Trail, across America. This was at a time when roads weren't marked, there were few maps and slippery mud was the usual road surface. The Yellowstone Trail Association located a route, motivated road improvements, produced maps and folders to guide the traveler, and promoted tourism along its length. It became a leader in stimulating tourist travel to the Northwest and motivating good roads across America. The Lincoln Highway Association, formed in 1913 by industrialists, created a similar route across the U. S., but used big organizational and public relation budgets.</B><B>   </B></div> <div> <B>Today, almost all of the route of the Yellowstone Trail is on slower, less traveled roads. Some sections of the Trail, especially  in the West, have remained little changed and are a delight to visit.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Special Section:</B></FONT><B>  </B><A HREF="wisconsin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yellowstone Trail Wisconsin"><B>Yellowstone Trail Wisconsin</B></A></div> <div> <B>People along the YT in Wisconsin formed this special </B></div> <div> <B>organization to promote the Trail in their state. </B></div> <div> <B>Read the 2009 edition of the </B></div> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="ytw_guide.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="YTWGuide"><B>Driving the YT in Wisconsin trip guide</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.yellowstonetrail.org/FindTheWisYTGuide.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.yellowstonetrail.org/FindTheW"><B>Pickup locations for the 2012 edition of the Guide</B></A></div> <div> <B>Going to travel the YT in Wisconsin?</B></div> <div> <A HREF="wis_passport.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wisconsin YT Passport"><B>Get your Wisconsin YT PASSPORT here</B></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#33CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>There are 100s of pages.</B><B>  </B><A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Map"><B>See table of contents (site map.)</B></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#33CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B>   </B><A HREF="response_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Response FormThe Yellowstone Trail"><B>Are you interested in the YT?</B></A><B>  (Response form.) </B><A HREF="test_paypal_cart.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Test Paypal cart"><B>.</B></A><B>    </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>