[1] COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORICAL EXPEDITION ITINERARY OF COLUMBIA RIVER SPECIAL via GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Thursday, July 15 Columbia River Special leaves Chicago Union Station via Great Northern Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:00 P.M. Friday, July 16 St. Paul, Minnesota Special Train Leaves St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 A.M. via St. Cloud, Alexandria, Barnesville, Moor- head, and Fargo (The Red River Ox Cart Route) Grand Forks, North Dakota Special Train Arrives University of North Dakota. . 5:30 P.M. INDUSTRAIL ARTS DEMONSTRATION AND INDIAN ARTS EXHIBIT BANQUET Special Train Leaves University . . . . . . . . . 10:30 P.M. Saturday, July 17 Fort Union, North Dakota Special Train Arrives Fort Union. . . . . . . . . 8:00 A.M. INDIAN CONGRESS Tribes which formerly traded there Mandana Gros Ventres Hidatsas Crows Arikaras Blackfeet Chippewas Bloods Sioux Piegans Assiniboines Special Train Leaves Fort Union. . . . . . . . .10:30 P.M. Sunday, July 18 Glacier Park, Montana Special Train Arrives Glacier Park. . . . . . . . .12:30 P.M. LUNCHEON GLACIER PARK. TRIP TO TWO MEDICINE LAKE AND DINNER THERE, RETURNING TO TRAIN AFTER DINNER Special Train leaves Glacier Park . . . . . . . . .11:00 P.M. Monday, July 19 Bonners Ferry, Idaho Special Train Arrives Bonners Ferry. . . . . . . .8:30 A.M. -2- DEDICATION OF MONUMENT TO EARLY PATHFINDERS WHO ESTABLISHED THE FIRST ROUTE OF TRAVEL AND TRADE THROUGH WHAT IS NOW THE STATE OF IDAHO Special Train leaves Bonners Ferry. . . . . . . . . .10:30 A.M. Spokane, Washington Special Train Arrives Spokane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:00 P.M. VISIT TO SPOKANE HOUSE AND FATHER DESMET’S MISSION. BANQUET DAVENPORT HOTEL. Special Train Leaves Spokane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 P.M. via Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Tuesday, July 20 Wishram, Washington Special Train Arrives Wishram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:30 A.M. DEDICATION OF MONUMENT TO EARLY EXPLORES AND PIONEERS WHO FOLLOWED THE COLUMBIA AT THAT PLACE Special Train Leaves Wishram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 A.M. Special Train Arrives Fort Vancouver. . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 P.M. VISIT TO FORT VANCOUVER AND TRIP OVER COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY. BANQUET PORTLAND Special Train Leaves Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 21 Clatsop Beach Special Train Arrives Clatsop Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00 A.M. VISIT TO SALT MAKERS’ CAMP 10:00 A.M. BALANCE OF DAY AT PACIFIC BEACHES Thursday, July 22 Astoria, Oregon DEDICATION OF MONUMENT TO ROBERT GRAY, LEWIS AND CLARK, AND JOHN JACOB ASTOR ON COXCOMB HILL. LUNCHEON 12:30 P.M. AT SITE OF OLD FORT CLATSOP Special Train Leaves Astoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:00 P.M. Friday, July 23 Special Train Leaves Spokane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 P.M. Special Train Arrives Glacier Park. . . . . . . . . . . . .5:30 P.M. Sunday, July 25 Special Train Leaves Glacier Park . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:20 P.M. Tuesday, July 27 Special Train Arrives St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:30 A.M. Special Train Arrives Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:30 P.M. [Transcribed by Lauren B. Gerfen, 2012-11-01]