Park to Park Highway - 5,000 Miles - 1920

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Non current but to me, interesting and impressive.
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With more interest in automobile touring, Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service pushed to develop a "National Park-to-Park Highway," one that would run through 11 states and connect 13 national parks.
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A.J. Westgard was a surveyor and map maker and worked for the AAA as a pathfinder. He ran the Park to Park course alone then guided the actual tour. He had to drop out due to poor health.
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Not a lot of info out there. Here is a link to a teaser:
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http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2009/06/national-park-park-highway
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Regards
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Jim

 

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Here is a great page on the Oregon Skyline Trail, and early efforts to turn it into the Skyline "Road" - fascinating stuff!