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Photographer: from Lincoln Highway Digital Image Collection, University of Michigan Library (PD)
Caption: Lincoln Highway First Seedling Mile
Additional Description: The Lincoln Highway Association picked a particularly muddy section of the planned route to pave its first mile. The goal was to show drivers how much better a concrete road was, thereby spurring greater public interest and financial support in the project.
Submitted: August 15, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p744118
File Size: 0.467 Megabytes

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