Yellowstone Trail

The Yellowstone Trail was an early 1900's road which began at Plymouth Rock on the east coast and meandered through the United States on its way west to Puget Sound near Seattle. The Yellowstone Trail traveled through several towns in Clark County including Abbotsford, Curtiss, Owen, Withee, and Thorp. This trail was the nation's first interstate highway to be completed.

A nationwide program has begun to retrace the trail and mark it with historic signage. This movement is in progress in Clark County and throughout the state of Wisconsin. Al Capone made several stops along this road in Clark County while on his travels from Chicago to his "Hideout" up north. The Yellowstone Trail Old Car Drive is held in conjunction with Thorp Dairy Days in early June.

For more information on the Yellowstone Trail in the Clark County area, please visit www.partner29.com or www.yellowstonetrail.org.

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Updated 3/21/2006