Ruth, Nevada Lincoln Highway Traditional Cache
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Ruth, Nevada Lincoln Highway
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Placed this in a drive up and quick grab location. Cache is a plastic coffee container with camo duct tape.
Back in Time The Lincoln Highway Many of the baby boomer generation and those who came later may have never heard of the Lincoln Highway unless they have had occasion to travel it. However, it was America's first transcontinental highway reaching from New York to California. In 1912 the definition of a "good" road was one that was graded. Most gravel and brick roads were found in the cities, leaving open roadways, in the pre-asphalt and concrete era, much to be desired. America boasted 2.5 million miles of roads, but most roads were dirt and didn't connect. These dirt roads were bumpy and dusty in dry weather and impassable in wet. Travel by train was easier when going from one town to another. Carl Fisher was a man who turned dreams into reality. In 1912, Carl Fisher had the vision of a transcontinental highway that he would call the Coast-to-Coast Rock Highway. About 1902, the American Automobile Association suggested such a road but Fisher had a plan of financing and continuous improvements. With the help of Frank Seiberling, president of Goodyear and Henry Joy, president of the Packard Motor Car Company, his dream was realized. The road, completed by 1915, was named the Lincoln Highway after President Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln Highway: A National Road Between 1915 and 1925, America went from having one named highway to having a confusing system of named highways. Painted colored bands on telephone poles marked these highways. Sometimes, several named highways shared a route so it was not unusual to see an entire pole striped in various colors. The Loneliest Road in America is also one of the oldest highways in Nevada. Labeled the Loneliest Road by a journalist some 20 years ago, it was also the route of the Lincoln Highway. In 1925 when the name highways were changed to numbers, the Lincoln Highway was changed us US 50. Today traveling on US 50 you are traveling on a long section of the original route of the Lincoln Highway, which affords a rare chance to travel a long section of the Lincoln Highway today as it was when it was still called the Lincoln. Looking for the shortest route from New York to San Francisco, the Lincoln Highway leaders pick old stagecoach and freight routes as the new transcontinental highway for what was to part of first paved road coast to coast. The Lincoln Highway help make many improvements to this section with some financial support from the Lincoln Highway trust fund. In 1913 when this route was picked there was the same critics saying the same thing that there was nothing to and warning travelers only to go if they had survival skills. Well that is what makes this section of the Lincoln Highway (US 50) great. There is nothing to compare with it. The Lincoln Highway Guide had a list of things for survival. * Don't Drink the Alkali Water as it Creates Cramps. * Don't Drive Across Any Water Without First Walking Across. * Top Off the Gas Tank Every Chance You Get.
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