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#21
This image is the index map (map number "600") to the Automobile Club of Southern California strip maps for the National Old Trails Road, Lincoln Highway, Midland Trail, Arrowhead Trail, King of Trails, and old Illinois Highway 4.

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#22
Lincoln Highway / Index map to auto club map series
December 13, 2011, 11:14:33 AM
This image is the index map (map number "600") to the Automobile Club of Southern California strip maps for the National Old Trails Road, Lincoln Highway, Midland Trail, Arrowhead Trail, King of Trails, and an old Illinois route approximately on 1930s Route 66.

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#23
Highway 395 / Colton — Riverside to San Bernadino
December 04, 2011, 08:13:44 PM
Here's a summary of map information for the route through Colton, California. Asterisk (*) indicates government publication such as topo map or DOT map.

1917 - 1920s era ACSC maps show early route north into Colton as: east under RR on Fogg St, immediate turn north onto S 6th St, east on W Congress St, north on 8th St to O St, jog west to continue north on 8th St (now La Cadena), past I Street to F Street, east on F Street to Colton Ave, northeast to Mt. Vernon.
*1934 official Cal DOT San Bernardino map clearly shows F Street connecting to Colton, though the map shows 8th (La Cadena), F Street, diagonal Colton Ave, and Mt Vernon as bold routes. Valley Blvd west of 8th Street and east of E Street is Colton Ave.
*1934 official Cal DOT Los Angeles and Vicinity map shows Riverside to Colton as LRN 43, F Street (unlabeled) east and west is LRN 26 (US 70 & US 99 unlabeled here), and Mt. Vernon north is  LRN 31 through Cajon Pass.
1934 Conoco map shows highway going into Riverside.
1935 Conoco map seems to indicate a Riverside bypass of the highway via Iowa Ave.
*1936 July 14 California Highways article showing old route via Fogg St and 8th St being replaced by the modern La Cadena alignment.
1937 Gousha map indicates main 395 route on I Street (Valley Blvd) east to diagonal Colton Ave to Mt. Vernon. Possibly an error, and the route is similar to the 1917 ACSC map. Doubtful that Colton ever extended to I Street.
1939 NAC Touring Guide --- US 395 on La Cadena in Riverside (as "La Cardena").
1939 Chevron map does not show US 395 going through downtown Riverside, but rather to the east. Seems to suggest a jog on I Street to Mt. Vernon.
*1943 Colton 1:31000 topo map clearly shows US 395 on La Cadena. Iowa Ave is not indicated as a main road. US 395 shield is clearly shown on Mt Vernon south of diagonal Colton Ave. I Street in red, but F Street has no emphasis.
*1944 official Cal DOT Los Angeles and Vicinity map shows La Cadena north to I Street, then east to Mt. Vernon, and north into San Bernardino.
1947 Gousha map indicates US 395 on Main, Russell, La Cadena.
1948 NAC Touring guide --- US 395 goes up Iowa in Riverside, but CA 18 on La Cadena.
*1947 and 1954 15-minute topographic maps show US 395 on La Cadena, not Iowa Ave.
*1947 15-minute topo shows a US 395 shield on Mt Vernon just north of diagonal Colton Ave. Not clear whether Colton or Mt Vernon is 395 south of this point. See 1943 above.
*1954 15-minute topo shows US 395, US 91 and CA 18 shields going through downtown Colton via La Cadena all the way north to Mt Vernon.


Summary:
Circa late 1934 - La Cadena Ave north to Fogg Street. East on Fogg Street through 1907 railroad subway (underpass). North on 8th Street to O Street. Jog west to continue on 8th Street, now La Cadena. North to F Street. East to Colton Avenue. Northeast to Mt. Vernon along Colton Ave, north to San Bernardino. There is some evidence that the highway as LRN 31 went north the whole way on Mt. Vernon starting with the 1933 code. Th 1935 code also seems to suggest this. This was likely north from F Street, as it was evidently LRN 26 at this time.
1936 - Fogg Street route on the south side of Colton replaced by new grade separation connecting La Cadena to 8th Street at O Street. Present day La Cadena alignment.
1943 - From La Cadena, turn east on I Street (now Valley Blvd), north on Mt. Vernon to San Bernardino.
1948 - By this time, Iowa Ave may possibly have become a US 395 bypass route for Riverside.
1954 - Continue north on La Cadena at I Street. Follow the curve northeast until La Cadena meets Mt. Vernon. Turn north to San Bernardino.
1957 - Colton bypass of US 395 and US 91 under construction (Riverside Fwy, future original I-15, I-15E, and I-215 route).
1959 - Riverside Freeway opens (carries US 91 and 395), and La Cadena to Mt. Vernon through Colton becomes Business Route 91 and 395.

#24
Highway 395 / Poway to Vista
December 17, 2010, 09:04:54 PM
I'm tackling the section between Poway and Vista in this thread.
I'll start with Poway and the road into Escondido.

As I mentioned in the last thread, US 395 followed Old Pomerado Road north of the Poway Grade. The center of this area (north of the creek) was called Poway Grove Park during 395 days.

The main road into the village of Poway in the first half of the 20th century was not Poway Road but Oak Knoll Road. From there you had to go north on Carriage Road (appropriate name) to Poway Road. The main town area was between Midland Rd and Garden Rd where all the car dealerships are today. The area near the junction of Carriage and Poway roads was the location of the main Kumeyaay-Ipai indian villages. There is a Pauwai indian village interpretive site on the hill to the west of Carriage Rd off Poway Rd. Open Saturday mornings.

US 395 proceeded straight north from the intersection of Oak Knoll and Pomerado. The jog east at Twin Peaks Rd/Camino Del Norte has always been there. In the early 1900s it was a series on angles, and in the 395 days it was curved, but the curves were sharper (smaller radius). The road seems to have run a bit farther north into the flat area, then curved more sharply east.

The 395 highway followed all the curves of Pomerado Road to Lake Hodges. One thing to explain, however, is the path of the Inland Route to Escondido before the Bernardo River was dammed in 1918 forming Lake Hodges (and Santa Ysabel Creek as the feeder's name today). When the highway reached the area around Bernardo Trails Drive, it veered northeast into the canyon on the east side of the hills east of Pomerado Road. A dirt road still exists in this canyon leading north to the Pinery Christmas Tree lot. From there the old Escondido Road bent west, meeting a road coming in from the west side of Battle Mountain. (Farther south it's essentially West Bernardo Road). After the merge, the road headed north in the area of Evergreen Nursery off Highland Valley Rd. It was roughly where the nursery's main road is. It headed north to cross the Bernardo River on a bridge. On the north side, part of this road still remains as the Mule Hill hiking trail. Mule Hill north of the lake was the site of the final stages of the Battle of San Pasqual. Just north of the bridge, near where the hill comes closest to the dirt road, was a small town called Bernardo. Traces of this old Escondido Road are visible as ghost signs painted on the nearby boulders advertising businesses in Escondido. This dirt road then headed north becoming Sunset Drive (now part of Bear Valley Parkway in this area). The road stayed with Sunset Drive as it turned northwest. Bearing left at two forks, the road eventually merges with Escondido Blvd, once called Nutmeg.

Here's the 1901 map around Lake Hodges, with notes:




And here is the same area in 1947 right before the freeway alignments were built. This is the way the highway looked from 1926 to 1947.



After crossing the old bridge, the road followed the same path as I-15 until Centre City Parkway. It followed Centre City until Escondido Blvd (Nutmeg) veers off to the right.
#25
Highway 395 / San Diego to Poway
December 05, 2010, 06:53:55 PM
I've been looking at the San Diego to Poway section, and I have some comments. First let me show a few sets of ACSC maps.
[Used for academic purposes only; entire maps not shown; prior to 1923 is public domain.]

First let's look at the Inland Route from San Diego downtown to the Mission.

Circa 1917 map:




Looking at this first map above, I note that there seems to be an error in the depiction of the University Heights area. Notice that the inland route in the 1910s followed almost the same route as 1935 US 395. The road follows the auto trails and future 1926 US 80 up 5th Avenue to University. It then goes diagonally up a road that must be Normal Street. This reaches an east-west road labeled Adams Avenue. This is actually the location of Meade Avenue. Note that Mission heads diagonally northeast from the intersection. This road really reaches Texas Street near Adams Avenue, not Murphy Canyon. I think the alignment intended is: University to Normal, jog up to Mission, diagonally northeast to Adams, east on Adams to Murphy Canyon. Although the road is labeled Adams, Madison is also a possibility as I'll show.




1922-1925 map. The oldest I have is December 1922, but it's identical to the 1923 and 1925 maps. The 1926 map only has a minor difference in Linda Vista in which the swing south is not shown, and which must be in error since the road still swings south today.



The 1922 map above shows the Inland Route following Kearny Villa Rd and Linda Vista to meet future US 101 (Coast Route) on Morena Blvd north of the San Diego River. It then follows the Coast Route through Old Town along San Diego Avenue and India Street into downtown. Note the path up in University Heights. You can't tell whether the road is Adams or Madison, but there is some sort of over-crossing bridge (or a tunnel) on Ward Road south of the San Diego Mission. I have no idea what that is. [see post below for more on this]




The 1950 map is two years after the Cabrillo Freeway was built.

1950 map section:




It nicely shows the former route of 395 through Murphy Canyon and up Fairmount. to El Cajon Blvd. This route is clearly shown in the 1935 ACSC Exposition map:



Geography Quiz. There are two Ward Roads in San Diego. Where are they? Hint, they were once the same road....

Answer. One is {here} leading to Normal Heights Elementary and once linked with a jog to Madison. The other is {here}, and lines up with Rancho Mission Road near the Mission site. This was the early Inland Route as shown on the 1917 Blue Book map:



The "Ave" is actually Madison, not Adams. Adams is one block north and is characterized by its diagonal steps and the fact that it hits the eastward loop of Mountain View Drive. [Location map]
Other maps show Madison also, such as the 1933 AAA map:



Notice that the inland route to Los Angeles is along Murphy Canyon Road.

However, the 1925 Rand McNally map shows a route very similar to the 1935 Exposition map. It indicates Adams, not Madison. It also shows the road to Escondido from Linda Vista (Camp Kearny Road).



So which was it? Well, the 1940 HMG map shows both Adams and Madison linked to Ward Road in Murphy Canyon. Both Linda Vista and US 395 are labeled as "To Escondido." (Also note that Ulric Street in Linda Vista was once known as the "6th Street Extension" and linked to 6th St in Hillcrest.)



Note that in both the 1935 Exposition map and the 1940 inset map from HMG, US 101 was located on Market Street. Therefore, both US 80 and US 395 would have had their terminus at 12th (Park Blvd) and Market St during this time. This was the first terminus point of US 395 (in San Diego), unless we can show that US 395 followed LRN 77 on Linda Vista Road prior to 1934-35. As I've said, I've never seen a San Diego map with 395 shields older than that 1935 Exposition map.

#26
Highway 395 / Welcome to the U.S. Highway 395 board
December 04, 2010, 06:24:52 PM
U.S. 395 appeared in 1926 as a tributary route of US 95 in Washington state. By 1935 it extended all the way south from Canada to San Diego. Historic U.S. 395 can still be found in Southern California, and historic route signs are popping up along the road.

Steve
#27
Dixie Highway / Dixie Highway Articles
October 15, 2010, 07:43:19 PM
I posted several very early articles about the initial Chattanooga convention on the Auto Trail Articles page. More to come....

Steve
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#28
Bankhead Highway / August updates
August 06, 2010, 08:21:27 PM
I altered the Bankhead towns for Virginia as I do research using the 1922 Guide. My original source, the 1922-23 Rand McNally auto club map for the southeast, does not actually label the Bankhead between Washington and Oxford. I just assumed it followed the path of all the other auto trails. Perhaps soon after 1922 it did. However, I'm trying to record the earliest route. One thing I can say, the Bankhead Highway was very often not on present day US 1. It is from Richmond to Petersburg, but elsewhere it follows its own route through the country.
#29
I spent another day at the So Cal auto club archives in LA. Once again, Morgan Yates, the archivist, was very helpful. This time I focused on El Camino Real.

I photographed much of four books, mostly the ECR pages. They were: Hamilton's Illustrated Road Map — California Tour Book (1914); 1914-1914 Panoramic Automobile Road Map and Tourist Guide Book — Southern California; Automobile Club of Southern California Tour Book (1909); Automobile Club of Southern California Tour Book (1911). The latter two are fairly different from each other.
I also got copies of a few Touring Topics articles from the 1912-1918 period.
I got copies of some old strips maps I don't have, mostly from 1912-1914.
I did get a few other maps of the National Old Trails Road and the Borderland Route that I missed before. One set of note was the Needles to Seligman road from 1913, predating the 1915-era National Old Trails Road book.

If I have to go up there again someday I may take the train. 5-6 total hours on the freeway in the morning and afternoon is a drag.
#30
Coming soon... Varner Guides — maps for road geeks.

#31
I've posted a list of everything I can currently find on the ACSC strip maps. They are not just California. They are arranged by map file number.

Automobile Club of Southern California Strip Maps

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#32
I've made a list of strip maps that I have from the Automobile Club of Washington and the Automobile Club of Western Washington (part of the former). Other lists will be posted, including a big Automobile Club of Southern California database.
Steve
#33
Highway and Road Associations

— from Highway Engineer and Contractor, July 1921, Vol. 5 No. 1, Chicago



Alabama Highway Improvement Association—President, F. J. Cramton, Montgomery; Secretary, Earl Lay, Montgomery.

Albert Pike Highway—President, Cyrus S. Avery; Secretary, E. Bee Guthrey, Tulsa, Okla.—Hot Springs, Ark., to Colorado Springs, Colo.

American Association of State Highway Officials—President, W. S. Kellar, Montgomery, Ala.; Secretary, John H. Mullin, St. Paul, Minn.

American Road Builders' Association—President, George P. Coleman, Richmond, Va.; Secretary, E. L. Powers, 150 Nassau street, New York.

American Society for Municipal Improvements—Secretary, Charles C. Brown, Valparaiso, Ind.

Arkansas Good Roads and Drainage Association—President, E. E. Alexander; secretary, Robert O. Schaefer, Masonic Temple, Little Rock, Ark. Annual meeting—Little Rock, in January.

Arrowhead Trail—President, M. P. Chubb, Redlands, Cal.; Secretary, F. V. Owen. 858 Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, Cal.—Los Angeles, Cal., to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Associated Highways of America—President. C. F. Adams, Chillicothe, Mo.; Secretary, Frank A. Davis, 120 W. 10th street, Kansas City, Mo.

Associated Pennsylvania Highway Contractors—President, H. H. Wilson; Secretary and General Manager, Chas. F. Puff, Jr., 200 N. Third street, Harrisburg, Pa.

Banff to Grand Canyon Road—President, James W. Davidson, Calgary; Secretary, M. Max Goodsill, Helena, Mont.

Bankhead National Highway Association —President, James Sproull; secretary. J. A. Rountree, Birmingham; treasurer Leon G. Jones; director at large, C. M, Vanstory.

Big Four Trail—President, I. A. Lumpkin, Mattoon, Ill.; Secretary, George W. Bailey, Brookfleld, Mo.—Terre Haute, Ind., to St. Louis, Mo.

Boone Way—President, Jim Maret, Mount Vernon, Ky.; Secretary, W. H. Fish, Mount Vernon, Ky.—Lexington, N. C., to Louisville, Ky.

Central Florida Highway Association—President, T. Ed Bryan, Tampa, Fla.; Secretary, L. P. Dickie, Tampa, Fla.

Chicago, Black Hills and Yellowstone Park Highway (Black and Yellow Trail)—President, T. B. Roberts, Sr.; Secretary, O. M. Phelps, Huron, S. D.—Chicago, Ill., to Yellowstone Park, Wyo.

Chicago, Kansas City and Gulf Highway—President, Robert N. Carson, Iowa City, Ia.; Secretary, Harry W. Graham. Chillicothe, Mo.—Chicago, Ill., to Galveston, Tex.

Connecticut Good Roads and Motor Association—President, Frank T. Staples, Bridgeport, Conn.; Secretary, C. M. Robinson, New Haven, Conn.

Cornhusker Highway Association—President, C. H. Wilson. Lincoln, Nebr.; Vice-President, C. J. Hoester, Marysville, Kan.; Secretary-Treasurer, J. Lloyd McMaster, Lincoln. Nebr.

Corn Belt Route—President. A. B. Hurd; Secretary, George R. Curtiss, El Paso, Ill.—Effner, Ind., to Burlington, Ia.

Custer Battlefield Highway—President, George J. Weideman, Lewistown, Mont.; Secretary. W. D. Fisher, Sheridan, Wyo.—Omaha, Neb., to Glacier Park, Mont.

Dallas-Canadian-Denver Highway—President. D. J. Young; Secretary, W. A. Palmer, Canadian, Tex. — Galveston Tex., to Boulder, Colo.

Denver-Yellowstone Highway—Secretary, C. F. Patterson, Lander, Wyo.—Denver to Yellowstone National Park.

Dixie Highway—President, M. M. Allison; secretary-treasurer, W. R. Long, 1012–1014 Georgia avenue, Chattanooga, Tenn.; assistant secretary, V. D. L. Robinson.

Dixie Overland Highway—President, Col. Ed. Fletcher, San Diego, Cal.; Secretary, Leland J. Henderson, Columbus, Ga.—Savannah, Ga., to San Diego, Cal.

Evergreen National Highway—President, F. H. Sweetland; Secretary, S. E. Brokaw, Tacoma. Wash.—Victoria, B. C., to El Paso, Tex.

Federal Highway Council—President, S. M. Williams; secretary, H. G. Shirley, 401 McKim bldg., 1311 G St., Northwest, Washington. D. C.

Federated Highways Association of North Missouri—President, C. F. Adams; Secretary-Treasurer, Harry W. Graham, Chillicothe, Mo.

Ft. Smith-Pauls Valley-Wichita Falls Highway—President, J. R. McChesney, Pauls Valley. Okla.; Secretary, Thomas. F. Hodge, Devol, Okla.

Four States Branch-Bankhead Highway—President, C. O. Johnson, Durant, Okla.—Hot Springs, Ark., to Roswell, N. M.

George Washington National Highway—President. P. A. Wells; Secretary, W. B. Cheek, 315 Livestock Exchange, Omaha, Nebr.—Seattle, Wash., to Savannah, Ga.

Georgia Highways Association—President, W. T. Anderson, Macon; Secretary, F. Roger Miller, Macon, where headquarters are located.

Geyser-to-Glacier Highway—Secretary, M. Max Goodsill. Helena, Mont.—Yellowstone to Glacier Park.

Good Roads Association of Greater Kansas City—President. Estel Scott; secretary, George D. Hurley; manager. J. Frank Smith. Kansas City, Mo.

Grant Highway—Secretary. Malcolm MacKinnon, Rockford, Ill.—Chicago, Ill., to Portland, Ore.

Gulf-Atlantic Highway Association—Honorary President, Chas. Henry Davis, Cape Cod, Mass.; President, Leland J. Henderson, Columbus, Ga.; Secretary, George H. Cox, Troy. Ala.

Highway Engineers' Association of Missouri—President. C. E. Swank. Charleston, Mo.; Secretary, Carl W. Brown, Jefferson City, Mo.

Illinois Highway Improvement Association—President, William G. Edens. 125 W. Monroe street, Chicago; secretary and general counsel, Robert W. Dunn, 10 South La Salle street, Chicago.

Highway Industries Association—President. S. M. Williams; secretary, H. G. Shirley. 401 McKim bldg., 1311 G St..

Jackson Highway—President, P. L. Atherton; Secretary, R. R, Hikes, 315 Atherton building, Louisville, Ky.—Chicago, Ill., to New Orleans, La.

Jefferson Highway Association — President, Walter Parker; General Secretary. J. K. Martin, Little Falls. Minn.

King of Trails—President, W. W. Brown, Parsons, Kan.; Secretary, Frank A. Davis. Rosedale, Kan.—Winnipeg, Can., to Galveston, Tex.

Lakes and Gulf Coast Highway Association—President, A. L. Carter, Medora, Ill.; Secretary-Manager, N. C. Wilhite, 2621 College Ave., Alton, Ill.

Lakes to Gulf Highway—President, C. F. Adams; Secretary-Treasurer, Harry W. Graham, Chillicothe, Mo.—Duluth Minn., to Galveston, Tex.

Lee Highway—President, D. D. Hull, Jr.; Secretary-Treasurer, John Wood, Roanoke, Va.—Gettysburg, Pa., to New Orleans, La.

Robert E. Lee Transcontinental Highway—President, F. A. Schaeffer, Houston, Tex.; Secretary, H. H. Peden, Houston, Tex.—New Orleans, La., to El Paso, Tex.

Lewis and Clark Highway—President, R. C. Beach; secretary, Jesse Adams, Lewiston, Ida.—Lewiston, Ida., to Missoula, Mont.

Lincoln Highway Association—President, J. N. Gunn; Vice-presidents, Henry B. Joy, F. A. Sieberling, R. D. Chapin and Carl G. Fisher; Vice-President and Secretary. Austin F. Bement; Field Secretary, G. S. Hoag.

Logan-Lee Highway—President, George H. Goodall; Secretary, Klrby Smith, Mount Vernon, Ill.—Rock Island, Ill., to Paducah, Ky.

Louisiana Jefferson Highway Association —President. C. M. Weeks, Garyville, La.; Secretary, R. D. Nibert, Bunkie, La.

Mark Twain Route—President, Henry G. Briggs, Quincy, Ill.; Secretary. George W. Bailey, Brookfield. Mo.—Chicago, Ill., to Kansas City. Mo.

Massachusetts Highway Association—President, William J. Gannon; secretary, John M. McCarthy, Room 212. State House, Boston.

Meridian Highway—President, J. C. Nicholson. Newton, Kan.; Secretary, G. A. MacNaughton, San Marcos, Tex.—Winnipeg, Can., to Laredo. Tex.

Mississippi Valley Highway Association —President. S. E. Pierson; Secretary, J. C. Wilson, Carrollton, Ill.

Missouri Good Roads Federation—President Maj. Harry B. Hawes; secretary, M. V. Carroll, Sedalia, Mo.

Missouri Valley Road Builders' Association—Chairman, M. W. Watson, State Highway Engineer of Kansas; secretary-treasurer, M. R. Amerman, Salina, Kans.

Montana Highway Improvement Association—President, Nelson Story, Bozeman; Secretary, J. A. Harader, Bozeman.

National Highway Association—President, Charles Henry Davis, Elmwood, Cambridge, Mass.

National Highway Traffic Association—President, Arthur H. Blanchard, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Secretary. Elmer Thompson, 237 W. 54th street. New York City.

National Old Trails Road Association—President, J. M. Lowe, Kansas City. Mo.; secretary-treasurer, Frank A. Davis, Rosedale, Kans.

National Parks Highway—President, W. G. Edens, Chicago. Ill.; Secretary, Frank W. Guilbert, Spokane, Wash.—New York to Seattle, Wash.

National Park-to-Park Highway—President. Gus Holmes; Secretary, L. L. Newton, Cody. Wyo.—Circuit of National Parks.

National Parks Touring Association—President, Gus Holms; Secretary-Treasurer. L. L. Newton, Cody, Wyo.

New Hampshire Good Roads Association—President, Harry Smith, Lakeport, N. H.; Secretary-Treasurer, Joseph H. Kilourhy, Laconia, N. H.

New York State Road Builders' Association—President, John H. Gordon, Albany; secretary. M. F. Duggan, Albany.

North Carolina Good Roads Association—President, W. A. McGirt. Wilmington. N. C.; Secretary. Miss H. M. Berry. Chapel Hill, N. C.

North Missouri Cross State Highway Association—President, H. Frank Holman, Moberly, Mo.; Secretary-Treasurer, S. K. Turner, Carrollton, Mo.

Northwestern Highway Section of the American Association of Engineers—President, C. H. Whitmore, 333 State House, Salem, Ore.; Secretary, J. W. DeSouza, 333 State House, Salem, Ore.

Old Wire Road Association—President, C D. Manly, Cassville, Mo.; Secretary, B. F. Carney, Crane. Mo.

Old Spanish Trail Association—President, Harry L. Miller, San Antonio. Tex.; Secretary, Herbert Bayliss, Lake Charles, La.

Omaha and St. Louis Highway—President, C. F. Roger. Lincoln, Neb.; Secretary, E. M. Parke, Lincoln, Neb.

Oregon Trail—Sponsored by Daughters of American Revolution.—Cheyenne, Wyo., to Portland, Ore.

Ozark Trails—President, W. H. Harvey; Secretary, M. Leake, Monte Ne, Ark.—St. Louis, Mo., to Las Vegas. N. M.

Pacific Highway—President, Samuel Hill, Maryhill, Wash.; Secretary, Frank M. Fretwell, Seattle, Wash.—Vancouver. B. C., to San Diego. Cal.

Pacific Northwest Touring Association—President, Hon. E. A. Todd, Victoria, B. C.: Secretary, Herbert Cuthbert, L. C. Smith building, Seattle, Wash.

Perry Highway Association—President, G. Henry Schmunk, Pittsburgh; Secretary, C. E. Behrhorst. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pershing Historic Highway—President, Bert A. George; Secretary, Walter S. Whitten, Lincoln, Neb.

Pershing Way—President C. H. Draper. Wells. Minn.; Secretary-Manager, Herbert McDougal, Cedar Falls, Ia.—Winnipeg, Can., to New Orleans, La.

Public Lands States Highway Association—President, Louis E. Bean, Eugene, Ore.; Harry R. Hawley, Secretary, 1100 Vermont avenue, Washington, D. C.

Red Ball Route—President, Robert N. Carson, Iowa City. Ia.—St. Paul, Minn., to St. Louis, Mo.

River-to-River Road—President, L. V. Russell: Secretary, E. H. Spaulding, Grinnell, Ia.—Davenport, Ia,, to Omaha, Neb.

Roosevelt National Highway (Midland Trail)—President, Wm. W. Armstrong, Rochester, N. Y.; Secretary. J. Y. McClintock, Rochester, N. Y.— Oyster Bay, N. Y., to Los Angeles, Cal.

Southeastern Idaho Good Roads Association—President, Theodore Turner, Pocatello; vice-president, George Hill, Rigby; treasurer, Ezra P. Monson. Franklin.

Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association—President, A. D. Williams. Morgantown, W. Va.

Southern California Highway Association—President, Jonathan S. Dodge, secretary A. E. Warmington, 1108 Chapman Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.

Southern Commercial Congress—President, Hon. Duncan U. Fletcher; Managing Director, Clarence J. Owens. Southern building, Washington. D. C.

Southern National Highway—President. Dell M. Potter, Clifton, Ariz.; Secretary, D. Rodney, Clifton, Ariz.—Washington, D. C., to San Diego, Cal.

Southside Virginia State Highway Association—President, T. Freeman Epes, Blackstone, Va.; Vice-President, W. B. Davidson; Secretary-Treasurer. Bradley T. Johnson, Farmville, Va.

Southwest Trail—President. C. M. McFatridge: Secretary. A. G. Hawn, Moravia, Ia.—Chicago, Ill., to Kansas City, Mo.

Texas-New Mexico-Mountain Highway— J. W. Corn. Tucumcari, N. M.–Amarillo, Tex., to Las Vegas. N. M.

Theodore Roosevelt International Highway—President. E. J. Filiatrault; General Manager, A. W. Tracy, care Duluth Commercial Club. Duluth, Minn.—Portland, Me., to Portland, Ore.

The Yellowstone Trail, Inc.—President. H. B. Wiley; secretary-treasurer, J. A. Hillestad, 916 Andrus building, Minneapolis.

Tri-State Good Roads Association—President, J. A. Westerlund, Medford, Ore.; Secretary, George E. Boos, Medford, Ore.

Twin City, Black Hills and Yellowstone Highway—President, J. W. Daugherty; Secretary, O. C. Turner, Watertown, S. D.

United States Good Roads Association—Secretary, J. A. Rountree, Brown-Marx building, Birmingham, Ala.

Utah-Idaho-Yellowstone Highway Association—President, Mark Austin, Rexburg, Ida.; secretary and treasurer. M. B. Yeaman, Idaho Falls, Ida.

White Mountains Branch-Bankhead Highway—Secretary, Dr. S. M. Johnson, Ruldoso. N. M.—Sweetwater, Tex., to El Paso, Tex., via Roswell, N. M.

Wilmington-Charlotte-Asheville Highway Association—President, T. L. Kirkpatrick. Charlotte, N. C.; Secretary-Treasurer, W. C. Wilkinson, Charlotte; Corresponding Secretary, W. R. Lemmonds, Monroe, N. C.

Yellowstone Trail Association—President, Ray Smith, Milwaukee, Wis; General Manager, H. O. Cooley; Secretary, B. R. Mandel; general offices, 337-339 Andrus building, Minneapolis, Minn.

Yellowstone Highway—President, L. L. Newton: Secretary, Gus Holms, Cody, Wyo.—Denver, Colo., to Yellowstone National Park.


CANADA
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Canadian Good Roads Association—President, E. M. Desaulniers, Montreal, Que.; Secretary-Treasurer, Geo. A. McNamee, 909 New Birks Bldg., Montreal, Que.

Canadian Good Roads Congress—Honorary President, A. W. Campbell, Dominion Highways Commissioner; President, S. L. Squire (re-elected); First Vice-President, A. F. Macallum, Commissioner of Works, Ottawa; Second Vice-President, Dr. E. M. Desaulniers. M. L. A., St. Lambert, Que.; Secretary-Treasurer. George A. McNamee, Montreal.

Eastern Ontario Good Roads Association—President, William Findlay, Ottawa; secretary-treasurer, W. Y. Denison, 20_ Laurier avenue, W., Ottawa.

Sault Ste. Marie Good Roads Association—President, John Ryan; secretary-treasurer, L. L. Jacobs.

Victoria & Island Development Association, Victoria, B. C.—President, J. C Pendray; Vice-President, W. H. P. Sweeney: Secretary, W. A. McAdam.

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#34
Well, here are some things I've found to now:



Washington — June 14, 1920   Departure from the Zero Milestone
Sources: FHWA  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/zero.cfm
Thomas L. Karnes. Asphalt and politics: a history of the American highway system. 2009. Page 76.

Ashland, VA —      Source: Karnes, 77.

Richmond, VA — (June 15, 1920)      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Oxford, NC —      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Raleigh, NC —      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Greensboro, NC —      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Charlotte, NC —         Source: Karnes, ibid.

Blacksburg, SC —      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Athens, GA — June 28, 1920       Source: Karnes, ibid.

Atlanta — June 30, 1920 (two days + 3 days due to rain)         Source: FHWA

Birmingham, AL —    Source: Karnes, ibid.

Oxford, MS —   Source: Karnes, ibid.

Memphis —      Source: FHWA; Karnes, 78.

Detour through Helena due to flooding of the Mississippi between Memphis and Little Rock.      Source: FHWA
Note: This would have followed the Mississippi River Scenic Highway auto trail (Old US 61) to Dundee, TN, then across the ferry to Helena. The 1925 Rand McNally auto trail map shows the road curving north then south to the ferry, which was still a bit north of Dundee. The logical road for this would be Dundee Road, both because if its name and its shape. The crossing was likely at a place called Trotter Landing.

Brinkley, AR —        Source: Karnes, ibid.

Ferrying across the White River in Arkansas — July 27, 1920
Sources: FHWA; Karnes, ibid.

Detour to avoid road construction between Arkadelphia and Fulton.   Source: FHWA

Texarkana, TX — August 7, 1920      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Paris, TX —      Source: Karnes, 79.

Bonham, TX —        Source: Karnes, ibid.

Dallas — August 14, 1920       Source: Dallas, The Times Herald

Fort Worth — depart on August 16, 1920      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Mineral Wells, TX — arrived on August 16, 1920   Source: Karnes, ibid.

Abilene, TX — August 20, 1920      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Trent, TX — delays on the way to Sweetwater due to rain and flooding.

Sweetwater, TX — August 24, 1920   Source: FHWA; Source: Karnes, ibid.

San Angelo, TX — August 25, 1920   Source: Karnes, ibid.
Note: The convoy bypassed the Bankhead route between Sweetwater and Pecos.

Fort Stockton, TX —      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Pecos, TX —       Source: Karnes, ibid.

El Paso, TX — Arrived September 8 and departed September 11, 1920   Source: Karnes, ibid.

Lordsburg, NM — September 13, 1920      Source: Karnes, ibid. (has August 13)

Silver Creek, AZ (east of Douglas) —    Source: Karnes, ibid.

Douglas, AZ —      Source: Karnes, ibid.

Tucson — September 18, 1920    Source: FHWA; Karnes, ibid.
Note: Scouts determined the Gila River crossings at Florence and near Buckeye were too sandy to cross, so Phoenix was skipped.

Ajo, AZ —    Source: FHWA; Source: Karnes, 80.
Note: The Ajo route is not usually on maps of the Bankhead Highway, but the earliest Automobile Club map set I have for Arizona shows the maps: Yuma-Stovall, Stovall-Ajo, Ajo-(Comobabi), (Comobabi)-Tucson.

Sentinal, AZ — encountered heavy sand on the way to Wellton.      Source: FHWA; Source: Karnes, ibid.

Wellton, AZ —       Source: FHWA

Yuma, AZ — September 26, 1920    Source: FHWA; Karnes, ibid.

San Diego — Arrived on October 2, 1920, , Depart October 4, 1920      Source: FHWA

San Diego Union:
QuoteHeaded by the car occupied by Colonel Fletcher, Major Franklin and J. A. Rountree, secretary of the Bankhead Highway Commission and field director of the convoy, the procession wound slowly down into the city.
At Fourth and Walnut*, the convoy was met by motorized detachments representing the navy activities here, the army stations of Fort Rosecrans and Rockwell Field, and two naval bands . . . . The convoy went into camp in the park, north of the exposition buildings, and as the men turned out for "Assembly," Colonel Fletcher, introduced by the commanding officer, made what one dusty truck driver termed "the best speech of the whole trip."
Colonel Fletcher's speech was not oratory, nor intended as such. Simply and directly, he told the officers and men of San Diego's welcoming spirit and invited them to take part in the celebration planned in their honor. Applause such as only a crowd of army men can give greeted him as he told the men of the chicken dinner to which the American Legion last night invited them, of today's "launch ride" about the bay in a navy destroyer, of the free bathing privileges of the Service plunge and the auto ride about the city, planned for the enlisted men.

* There's a weird jog on 4th right at Walnut. I always wondered why it was there if 4th was the main road into downtown.

Whittier, CA — October 5, 1920    Source: Karnes, ibid.

Los Angeles, CA — October 5, 1920        Source: FHWA

San Francisco, CA — October 13, 1920      Source: FHWA
#35
The Bankhead Highway entry from the 1921 book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography by Thomas McAdory Owen is now on the Auto Trail Articles page.

Steve
#36
National Park to Park Highway / A.G. Lucier photos
February 08, 2010, 04:43:10 PM
I just received a set of the A.G. Lucier photos taken in 1926 of Shoshone Dam and the Cody Road (Ebay purchase). They're small, but clear and should scan well. The set is still in the original envelope which I believe dates between 1933 and 1935 as it shows the NRA eagle logo. Many images show the Cody Road into Yellowstone which was part of the National Park-to-Park Highway.
Until I get them on the site, you can see a few of them on the Cody Road website (Pictures 1, 2, and 5 are part of my set).
#37
I've posted a short article on the Bankhead Highway military motorcade from the November 1920 American Motorist magazine.

Army Train Makes 30 Miles a Day
#38
Bankhead Highway / Bankhead Highway across America!
February 01, 2010, 10:45:57 AM
Welcome to the Bankhead Highway board. Feel free to start particular topics related to the Bankhead Highway. You can also post maps, photos, or links of your travels down the road. It would be appropriate to start new threads for tracing the route through various states and cities.

Make sure and check out the Bankhead Highway section on the web site.

The Bankhead Highway was one of the earlier transcontinental auto trails, dating to around 1919-1920. In 1920, the year of Senator Bankhead's death, an army military convoy traveled from Washington to San Diego. The soldiers and officers enjoyed parties at the end of their long journey in San Diego's Balboa Park.
#39
Since there are possible plans for a 2012 convoy along the Bankhead Highway, I've added a forum board for discussions of that road.
#40
Off Topic / Test post
February 01, 2010, 12:17:00 AM
Test of reply.