Another piece from the early transcontinental voyages time vault reprised for your pleasure. Dramatization about crossing the American Southwest was typical...
There's probably three Route 66 festivals going on right now somewhere along the Mother Road; but there's only one party for the OST, and it's coming soon. Old...
Article published Apr 1, 2006 Places to go: 200-mile museum offers history of Lincoln Highway By DEBBIE HEISHMAN Staff writer Like traffic heading east and...
This article telescopes the history of the two bridges connecting Biloxi to Ocean Springs, MS. Katrina took them both down. The 1930 span was once of the last...
Get credits for studying the Old Spanish Trail at this year's American Planning Association annual meeting in San Antonio, April 22-26. Old Spanish Trail...
Up-coming Ridge Route Work Project The Ridge Route Preservation Organization, (RRPO) has scheduled Phase Two of Operation CUTRR (Clean Up The Ridge Route). ...
Goodbye, Carquinez Bridge After 78 years, the Bay Area's first major bridge is set to be torn down By MATTHIAS GAFNI/Times-Herald staff writer Vallejo Times...
There is a bit of irony here; Katrina has set back Mississippi's gulf highway to where it was nearly 90 years ago when the Old Spanish Trail Association pushed...
I always knew that National Geodetic Survey markers occur along highways. You see the vertical control marks listed on topo maps as benchmarks with the...
While traveling along the OK3 northwest passage I glanced over to the ROW marker line one day as normal and noticed a circular bronze Geo marker along the same...
For Immediate Release PRESS RELEASE HISTORICAL EVENT TO TAKE PLACE AT THE DOWNTOWN POST OFFICE IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI ON APRIL 20, 2006 AT 10 AM A non-stop...
Two Grey Hills, San Juan County, New Mexico A modern day rarity Trading post still trades goods for rugs By Erny Zah The Daily Times April 3, 2006 TWO GREY...
For the past few days I've been tracing the route of old US Highway 80 from Rodeo, NM to San Diego. I actually did it in sections and going in different...
ETTA offers nation-wide vacation guide From Staff Reports CNHI News Service ? East Texas Tourism Association (ETTA), the nation's oldest self-supporting...
Steve- Thanks for the note on your old U.S. 80 travels. Some of the old highway alignments are really obscured. I hope you geo-referenced your discoveries....
We are wondering how many folks in the elite Southwest Auto Trails group are flying out to Boston next week for the "Preserving the Historic Road" conference....
We are wondering how many folks in the elite Southwest Auto Trails group are flying out to Boston next week for the "Preserving the Historic Road" conference....
I wish I could attend! I grew up just north of Boston. I last went up there to visit in Spring of 2002 and completed a thorough walking exploration of the Big...
95 Years Ago #2 Good Roads for the Southwest Ninety-five years ago the Arizona Territorial Good Roads Association was making quantum steps to build a network...
I knew that the earliest route east of Yuma went around via Dome, AZ. That was true for the Southern National Highway motorcade trip out of San Diego. It makes...
Hi everyone! Though I definitely do not have the knowledge you guys have regarding the older alignments, I've been focusing my efforts on Hwy 80 1926 and on....
It's usually easiest to look up benchmarks on the benchmark search page at geocaching.com. http://www.geocaching.com/mark/nearest.aspx The mark you're refering...
I'm on the sub-committee for signage on old US 80 in San Diego County (though I'm going to push for Imperial too). I'd also like to get all the alignments...
Steve, I'd go for the brown-and-white Highway 80 sign. The other one with all of the pole markers might interest those of us who know what they all mean and...
I doubt if the State or the Committee would OK them, but I thought it would be cool if that sign could appear in a couple places like at the start of the road...
Though I love the multiple logo sign, I agree with Mike in that when traveling down the Highway.simple is almost always best. And as you mentioned, this...
