The idea that America needed better roads did not originate with the invention of the automobile but with bicyclists known as “wheelmen”. Challenged by rutted roads of gravel and dirt and faced with antagonism from horsemen, wagon drivers, and . . . — — Map (db m282517) HM
The approximate route of the Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco is:
• U.S. 1 south from New York to Philadelphia
• U.S. 30 west to Granger, Wyoming
• I-80 west to Wendover, Nevada
• U.S. 50 west to Sacramento, . . . — — Map (db m282520) HM
Why Lincoln?
Neither Carl Fisher or Henry Joy ever met Abraham Lincoln but both had gown up in a nation that was still grieving over the death of the “Great Emancipator” and that was still searching for a fitting way to nationally honor the . . . — — Map (db m282521) HM
Goshen, Indiana
The Maple City
Until the early 1800’s, the original inhabitants of the Goshen area were the Potawatomi Indians. It was a little more than a decade after Indiana became a state in 1816, before pioneers began settling in the . . . — — Map (db m282524) HM
