Post by markland on Jan 28, 2007 8:44:09 GMT -6
The National Park Service's National Historic Landmark Program Thematic Studies list follows. In that list, you will find the thematic study entitled "Clash of Cultures Indian Wars Trails" as either a HTML or PDF document. It is well worth saving as it features input by Western History Association historians such as Eliott West, Hutton, Josephy, Fixico among others. Jerry Greene was also heavily involved in his role as a National Park Service historian.
www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/themes/themes-all.htm
From the introduction:
"In recent years, the National Park Service has increasingly turned to the academic community for assistance in the preparation of its history studies. The Clash of Cultures trails project, a cooperative effort by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Western History Association (WHA), exemplifies this partnership of academic and public history. For the Clash of Cultures trails project, the National Park Service asked WHA historians for their assistance in identifying nationally significant trails associated with the history of U.S. Army/American Indian campaigns in the trans-Mississippi West during the nineteenth century. Secondly, the NPS asked the WHA historians for their recommendations as to whether any of these trails might warrant further study as potential National Historic Trails. As such, through the Clash of Cultures trails project, the WHA could provide scholarly guidance to NPS researchers and planners as they chart the course for future studies of trails associated with the history of the Indian Wars in the West.
Founded in 1961 and currently located on the campus of the University of New Mexico, the Western History Association is a diverse group of western writers, academic historians, public historians, and enthusiasts whose purpose is to “promote the study of the North American West in its varied aspects and broadest sense.”
To accomplish these tasks, the Western History Association assembled a group of eminent western historians and, in coordination with the National Park Service, asked each of them to prepare a report that addressed his or her perspective on the national significance of the trails associated with the Indians Wars in the West. Specifically, the WHA historians were asked to provide the following:
• A description of the major broad themes, events, and persons associated with the history of U.S. Army/American Indian conflict in the trans-Mississippi West during the nineteenth century;
• A list, in priority order, of the most important military campaigns associated with this history;
• A prioritized list of the most important military campaign trails associated with this history;
• Recommendations as to whether any of these trails are of outstanding national significance; and
• Recommendations as to whether any of these trails may warrant further study as potential National Historic Trails.
Upon receiving the mentors’ reports, the NPS project team members also evaluated the recommended nationally significant trails according to the designation criteria of both the National Historic Landmarks program and the National Trails System Act. The Mentors’ recommendations, as well as the NPS evaluations, are the main subjects of this report.
The report also includes information on places along the trails that are of particular significance and/or offer recreational and/or interpretive opportunities. In addition, the report has information on places along the trails that may be potential National Historic Landmarks, pending further assessments of integrity. All of these ecommendations will be used by the National Park Service to assess the need for future history and/or planning studies.
It is important to note what this project did NOT do. It is not the purpose of the Clash of Cultures trails project to evaluate military campaign trails in terms of their physical integrity."
www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/themes/themes-all.htm
From the introduction:
"In recent years, the National Park Service has increasingly turned to the academic community for assistance in the preparation of its history studies. The Clash of Cultures trails project, a cooperative effort by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Western History Association (WHA), exemplifies this partnership of academic and public history. For the Clash of Cultures trails project, the National Park Service asked WHA historians for their assistance in identifying nationally significant trails associated with the history of U.S. Army/American Indian campaigns in the trans-Mississippi West during the nineteenth century. Secondly, the NPS asked the WHA historians for their recommendations as to whether any of these trails might warrant further study as potential National Historic Trails. As such, through the Clash of Cultures trails project, the WHA could provide scholarly guidance to NPS researchers and planners as they chart the course for future studies of trails associated with the history of the Indian Wars in the West.
Founded in 1961 and currently located on the campus of the University of New Mexico, the Western History Association is a diverse group of western writers, academic historians, public historians, and enthusiasts whose purpose is to “promote the study of the North American West in its varied aspects and broadest sense.”
To accomplish these tasks, the Western History Association assembled a group of eminent western historians and, in coordination with the National Park Service, asked each of them to prepare a report that addressed his or her perspective on the national significance of the trails associated with the Indians Wars in the West. Specifically, the WHA historians were asked to provide the following:
• A description of the major broad themes, events, and persons associated with the history of U.S. Army/American Indian conflict in the trans-Mississippi West during the nineteenth century;
• A list, in priority order, of the most important military campaigns associated with this history;
• A prioritized list of the most important military campaign trails associated with this history;
• Recommendations as to whether any of these trails are of outstanding national significance; and
• Recommendations as to whether any of these trails may warrant further study as potential National Historic Trails.
Upon receiving the mentors’ reports, the NPS project team members also evaluated the recommended nationally significant trails according to the designation criteria of both the National Historic Landmarks program and the National Trails System Act. The Mentors’ recommendations, as well as the NPS evaluations, are the main subjects of this report.
The report also includes information on places along the trails that are of particular significance and/or offer recreational and/or interpretive opportunities. In addition, the report has information on places along the trails that may be potential National Historic Landmarks, pending further assessments of integrity. All of these ecommendations will be used by the National Park Service to assess the need for future history and/or planning studies.
It is important to note what this project did NOT do. It is not the purpose of the Clash of Cultures trails project to evaluate military campaign trails in terms of their physical integrity."
