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="#EEEEEE" 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>Note: As of March 26, 2016, this web site is an obsolete version and the site is undergoing total redevelopment. (2PM HP2014)   If you would like to comment about the site and help us develop it, email to:   </B><A HREF="mailto:yta@yellowstonetrail.org " TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:yta@yellowstonetrail.org "><B>jridge@yellowstonetrail.org</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:yta@yellowstonetrail.org " TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:yta@yellowstonetrail.org "><B> </B></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <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="http://yellowstonetrail.org/wis_passport.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://yellowstonetrail.org/wis_passport"><B><IMG SRC="4c36fff0.jpg" border=0 width="367" height="255" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></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>