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Tuesday, October 07, 2003

America’s first “road trip”

Last night, Lynne and I watched a fascinating Ken Burns documentary on PBS. It was about the first trans-continental crossing by automobile in 1903. It was about a piece of American history I had never heard about, and yet helped transform transportation and usher in the age of the automobile in the US.

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Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 10/07/2003 at 12:04 PM
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