The Trailblazers

Table of Contents

Cover Page
Foreword
Dedication
Brief History of the Direct Federal Highway Construction Program

• Personal Experiences in the Early Days of the Bureau of Public Roads by J. F. Cameron
• On Location Surveys for the BPR by Wendell C. Struble
• Forty - Six Years With BPR by Clifford Polk.
• Stories From the Early Days of the Bureau by William B. "Pete" Peters
• The Early Days of BPR by Rene Wright
• My Early Years in the BPR by George B. Forrest
• Direct Construction Memories by Karl S. Chamberlain
• Period 1928 to 1940 by Norman Wood
• Inter-American Highway Background by Norman Wood
• Inter-American Highway 1940 - 1957 by Norman Wood
• Utah District 12 by William D. White
• The Best Years of My Life (1928 - 1941) by B. J. McClarty
• Memorable Days With BPR by A. W. Parsons
• Experiences in the Early Days of BPR by B. M. French
• Forty Years With the Bureau of Public Roads by Roy E. Tarbet
• Trailblazers of District 3 by Dan Harrington
• 27 Years of Bridge Engineering with Federal Highway Administration by David M. Goodall
• Federal Highway Construction - - Western Region Office by Eric E. Erhart
• John Haapala by William S. Peterson
• Glacier Point Road Survey, 1931Yosemite National Park by Arthur E. Grissom
• Forest Highway Survey, 1932 Trinity County, California by Arthur E. Grissom
• The San Gabriel Project, 1933 by Arthur E. Grissom
• Tioga Pass - Construction, 1933 by Arthur E. Grissom
• Reminiscences by Henry Gorschboth
• "Mr. Region 15" by E. J. Woodrow
• The Canine Caper in Region 15 by E. J. Woodrow
• The Natches Trace Parkway by Roderick S. Banks
• Reminiscences, 1940 - 1973 by Joseph A. Todd
• Service With the Federal Highway Administration by Logan L. Ratliff