Charles J. Johnston

President Harry S. Truman (left) speaks with General Lewis A. Pick (right), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on a causeway at the top of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) talks with General Lewis A. Pick (third from right), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on a causeway at the top of Fort Peck Dam, Montana, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. Anna Dostert can be seen in the background holding on to her hat. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Bess Truman (at railing, second from right) and Margaret Truman (at railing, fourth from right) stand, with unidentified others, on a causeway at the top of Fort Peck Dam, Montana, during a stopover on President Harry S. Truman's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048

Bess Truman (second from left) and unidentified others stand on the causeway on top of Fort Peck Dam, Montana, during a stopover on President Harry S. Truman's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048

President Harry S. Truman (center of photo) and General Lewis A. Pick (behind the President) inspect Fort Peck Dam, Montana, from a causeway at the top of the dam, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. The others are unidentified. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) and General Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army (foreground, right), inspect Fort Peck Dam, Montana, from a causeway at the top of the dam, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and General Lewis A. Pick (left), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, inspect Fort Peck Dam, Montana, from a causeway at the top of the dam during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and General Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, (right) wait in the back seat of a car for an escort to Fort Peck Dam, Montana, a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

President Harry S. Truman sits in the back seat of an open car as General Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, prepares to close the door for a visit to Fort Peck Dam, Montana, a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation for the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

President Harry S. Truman (base of stairs) and General Lewis A. Pick descend the stairs of the speakers' platform after the President addressed the crowd at Fort Peck Dam, Montana. In shadow, on the left, are Bess and Margaret Truman. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation for the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.