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Concrete evidence

We take for granted that we can drive anywhere in the nation today, but such was not always the case. I have a book here that is a transcribed diary of a family driving from California to Indiana in 1… more →

Down the Road

To You, Blue

Susan Shay wrote 1 year ago: #1 son told me last week at his birthday party that he reads my blog, except for one day of the week … more →

Tags: Small World, Oklahoma, Will Rogers, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cyrus Avery, U.S. Route 66, the blue whale, Catoosa

To You, Blue

Susan Shay wrote 1 year ago: #1 son told me last week at his birthday party that he reads my blog, except for one day of the week … more →

Tags: Small World, Oklahoma, Will Rogers, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cyrus Avery, U.S. Route 66, the blue whale, Catoosa

Concrete evidence — 4 comments

Jim wrote 1 year ago: We take for granted that we can drive anywhere in the nation today, but such was not always the case … more →

Tags: Road Trips, U.S. 40, National Road, Roads, Highways, History, Ohio, Concrete

Richmond — 12 comments

Jim wrote 3 years ago: The National Road crosses from Ohio into Indiana and almost immediately enters Richmond, founded in … more →

Tags: Road Trips, U.S. 40, National Road, Neon, Signs, Roads, Indiana, Highways, Travel

The Wheeling Suspension Bridge — 4 comments

Jim wrote 3 years ago: I’d only ever zipped through Wheeling on I-70 before. The tunnel was always fun to drive throu … more →

Tags: Road Trips, U.S. 40, National Road, wheeling suspension bridge, suspension bridges, bridges, Roads, Highways, Travel

Madonnas of the Trail — 2 comments

Jim wrote 3 years ago: In the 1910s, before the US highway system, a coast-to-coast road was formed to link Baltimore (or N … more →

Tags: Road Trips, U.S. 40, National Road, Roads, Highways, Illinois, West Virginia, wheeling


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