Bibliograph

A good road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound, a modern guide to driving the historic Yellowstone Trail 1912-1930, John Wm. Ridge, Alice A. Ridge

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A good road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound, a modern guide to driving the historic Yellowstone Trail 1912-1930, John Wm. Ridge, Alice A. Ridge

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A good road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound

Oclc number

1292745114

Responsibility statement

John Wm. Ridge, Alice A. Ridge

Sub title

a modern guide to driving the historic Yellowstone Trail 1912-1930

Summary

This book is the unprecedented story of the 3,600 mile historic (1912-1930) auto trail - the Yellowstone Trail. 428 color pages, 300 maps, 800 pictures, hundreds of historic sites to see today in this mile-by-mile, coast-to-coast guide. There are 46 "Trail Tales," short essays about trail-related issues of the day. Hundred-year-old newspaper trail-related headlines tell the story of the times. For the armchair traveler or the road enthusiast. Long distance driving was a royal pain 120 years ago! Rough, dirt wagon roads - mud and dust. Little state aid. No federal aid for roads. Yet, cars were rolling out of factories by the thousands. Common folks formed trail associations to raise Cain to get better roads. "Trails" meant auto roads then. The Yellowstone Trail Association promoted the idea of one long road across the U.S. drawing tourists and better economy with it. Road-starved communities fought to be on it

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Modern guide to driving the historic Yellowstone Trail 1912-1930

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