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Old 03-30-2017, 08:38 AM   #1
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US Highways in 1927

Perhaps not the place for this (?)

Back in 1927 my great grandfather walked from Bothell, WA to Vallejo, CA.
THEN walked across the country to the East coast (Virginia if I recall, I'd better check again) then up to Pennsylvania.

Have no info on the route- does anyone have sources for what the roads/hiways were on those areas in 1927? I know a lot of the current ones didn't exist then.
I thought it would be interesting to figure it out, perhaps drive what I could.
BTW, he was 59 years old when he did it! ( I joking said I'd do it at 59, but I was still working and now it is too late-HA)
The whole story is pretty interesting.

Thanks for any input.

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Old 03-30-2017, 09:40 AM   #2
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First off, there sure seems to be a lot of streamers in the Port Angles area.

What better place to post your interesting family story, that to a bunch of road warriors.

Would sure be interesting to learn more details about your far walking forefather's adventures!

While looking into what the road system looked like in 1927, I came across this interesting read.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit...Highway_System

Seems it's allways been a challenge settling political differences.

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Oil company road maps were being widely distributed by the mid-1920s. Here is an article on some from that era for Pennsylvania. There is a good (although brief) general discussion of maps of that period:

http://www.mapsofpa.com/article5.htm

The AAA was producing its Triptiks by the late teens. Most state historical societies would have copies of such early road maps. There may be easier ways to find them, however. Probably many available online.

They are all fun to look at. Too bad such maps don't seem to be important nowadays. You can only get so much perspective out of a GPS system. Good luck with your research.
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Your grandfather very likely covered the Lincoln Highway which opened in 1913 and went from San Francisco, California to New York City. Google the Lincoln Highway and you will find a bunch of information on it including a map of its route.

Please keep us updated on your research.

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Thanks Brian!
That looks very likely- I'm just starting to read it.

I'll post a couple of articles, I don't have much and my Dad was too young to remember much of it (if he really knew).

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LIncoln Hy was the first transcontinental road. The route was basically stitched together from many shorter existing roads. Parts of it were unpaved and turned to mud, particularly in Iowa and Nebraska where the route followed what were essentially farm roads. My grandfather rode the Lincoln Hy between SF and Pgh on his V twin Indian motorcycle sometime in the early 1920's.
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Here is an article from the Bothell Sentinal.
He claimed to walk about 62 miles a day!

(BTW, my Dad had an 1929 Indian four (in 1938) and rode it from Medford,OR along the pacific to Seattle, then Goldendale.

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Art Hollingsworth was mayor for many years of the town I live in. Any relation? Indians were the most desirable motorcycles in the first half of the last century (Jeez, saying that sure makes me feel old for some reason). When he and my grandmother got married, he bought a sidecar for the Indian. That lasted until the first rain storm probably. Don't know what his first car was, but I'm sure it came along soon after.
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