Filter
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History
- TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel
- TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History
- TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel
- TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
4 products
James R. Wright
The Egyptian Trail in Illinois
9781467154802
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Journey down one of the most important roadways in the annals of Illinois transportation history. Stretching from Chicago to Cairo, the Egyptian Trail was one of the earliest “improved” roadways in Illinois. Dating to 1915, it was the longest road in the state, running four hundred miles through 20 counties and over 60 towns. The project was the brainchild of two Mattoon men, Dr. Iverson Lumpkin and Ernest B. Tucker, who realized the southern reaches of the state should be linked with Chicago along the same path as the Illinois Central Railroad. Though long forgotten today, the trail also served as the basic template for the route of Interstate 57. Author James R. Wright takes a road trip through the fascinating heritage of the Egyptian Trail.
Darcy Dougherty-Maulsby
The Lincoln Highway in Iowa
9781467149808
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
Iowa's Great Highway
Before there was Route 66, there was the iconic Lincoln Highway. A symbol of limitless potential, America’s first coast-to-coast highway spanned Iowa from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River. When you travel U.S. 30 across Iowa today, you’re never far from the historic Lincoln Highway, if not right on top of it. Learn the history of an Iowa landmark.
Linda Bond
San Angelo and Arthur Stilwell's Dream of Steam
9781467153492
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Story of the Railroad Visionary Who Put San Angelo on the Map.
Over 100 years ago, Arthur Stilwell built 2,300 miles of railroad, founded 40 cities, and added $1 billion to the US economy. He was a visionary. He was controversial. He picked San Angelo for a main depot on his Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railway line. But he hadn’t counted on the Mexican Revolution and challenging characters like the revolutionista general, Pancho Villa. Meanwhile, San Angelo wrestled with neighboring Texas town Sweetwater for the right to host the depot. Dr. Linda Thorsen Bond sorted through scores of sources to piece together the fascinating fragments of Stilwell’s dream of steam.
David P. Bailey
Navigating Western Colorado
9781540298980
Regular price $34.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Traversing and Taming Treacherous Terrain
Today, people enjoy the convenience of Colorado’s roads without realizing that beneath lie the original Ute and Spanish trails, mountain men’s pathways, and early military wagon roads. The cultural landscape of western Colorado has undergone immense changes since the mid-sixteenth century. The rapid advancement of transportation technology has enabled the conquest of complex climate zones and challenging regional topography. Early western Colorado inhabitants once migrated on footpaths that followed the path of least resistance, traversing lush meadow corridors between rugged mountain ranges, paralleling the river bottoms, and enjoying the welcome shade of cool canyon trails in the high desert. The early Ute people, Spanish explorers, mountain men, and U.S. topographical engineers developed resourceful ways to make travel less strenuous and cover greater distances. Historian David P. Bailey chronicles their early treks, which paved the way for the first major thoroughfare through western Colorado.
