:. ° a* .♦ V ***** ^U 4? .Um£*> ^ V '. -> w ,<=■* Cr>V ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN COPIES OF THIS PRIVATE EDITION HAVE BEEN PRINTED ON ALEXANDRIA VELLUM FROM COMPOSITION DONE BY THE PHILOPOLIS PRESS, SAN FRANCISCO, THE TYPE AFTERWARDS DISTRIBUTED This copy is Number Retracing the Pioneers MISSION DOLORES, SAN FRANCISCO ' 'our starting point" Retracing the Pioneers FROM WEST TO EAST IN AN AUTOMOBILE BY HUGO ALOIS TAUSSIG PRIVATELY PRINTED SAN FRANCISCO, 1910 Copyright by 1910 To My Friends J|F I have failed to devote space in the following pages ^^ to descriptions of the country we travelled through and the people we met, it must not be inferred that we were unobserving. The truth is, that crossing the Ameri- can Continent affords one but little variety of incident. As for the people we met, I can truthfully say that we met no Indians on our way across the Continent, and that the country harbored no such people as our interesting Cali- fornia '49er, the ubiquity of the railroad having made the entire people as one, and the numberless hotels mitigating against meeting with the old time hospitality of the farmer. The Trans-Continental trip was made under our own power, with Robert R. Sherman at the wheel, and with occasional assistance from my travelling companions Henry E. Diggles and Thomas J. Kelly. HUGO A. TAUSSIG San Francisco, January 2, 1910 The Illustrations Page Frontispiece — Mission Dolores. "Our Starting Point" Mission San Gabriel ... .3 Mission Santa Barbara _____ The Road Near Santa Barbara - - - - 11 Newhall Pass - - - - - - .15 Sand Stretch, Grape Vine - - - - \7 Oasis, Mono County, Near California- Nevada Line - - 19 Twin Springs - - - - . 23 " Suggested A Bottomless Marsh " - - - - 24 Tippett, Nevada ------ 26 Deep Creek Near Ibapah, Utah - - - 28 Alkali Flat, Skull Valley, Out of Callao, Utah - 29 Ruins Of A Station On The Old Overland Route - - 31 Thomas, Fish Springs, Utah - - - - 33 Emergency Tyre Repairing In the Desert - - 34 The Devil's Slide - - - - - 37 Evanston, Wyoming - - - - - -39 Running A Machine Over Burlap, Through A Sandy Stretch, Wyoming Road ------ 41 Point Of Rocks, Wyoming - 42 "Negotiating" A Wyoming Wash - - - 43 Stalled In Elk Mountains, Wyoming Road - 44 Our Hosts In Elk Mountains, Wyoming - - - 45 Our Night's Abode In Elk Mountains, Wyoming 49 "Scouting". Finding Roads With The Assistance Of A Sheepherder And His Horse - - - - 5 1 Ware Ranch, Medicine Bow - - - - 55 1 ' Notice— All Automobiles Going This Road Must Pay 5 Oc " 58 Ames Bros. Monument - - - - 59 Crossing The Platte River - - - - 65 Frisco-Boston Sign ------ 67 The Illustrations Page "Gumbo" Road Out of Vail, Iowa - - - 73 Iowa Pastoral -------74 Approach to Mississippi River Bridge - A Pennsylvania Road - - - - - 83 Stone Toll Road Between Syracuse and Fayetteville, N.Y. 87 Monument on New York State Road - - - 89 Times Square, New York City - - - - 91 Map — Our Route from San Francisco to New York - 94 Retracing the Pioneers ITH a turn of the crank we were off on a tour across the Ameri- can Continent in an automobile. No ! not for the purpose of mak- ing a record — just for pleasure. Did we get it? I leave it to my readers to judge. We left San Francisco on the first day of June. A beautiful gray day cheered us on our way. We did not get further than two or three hundred yards from our starting point when we recorded our first experience. In the excitement of taking leave we allowed our engine to die and forgot to release the clutch in making the street crossing, and in order to avoid being run down by a street car resorted to man power, with the result that we started our engine with no one at the wheel. St. Christopher, our patron Saint, and the presence of mind of one of our party saved us from a disastrous exit from San Francisco. Our natural gateway — the State road be- tween Placerville and the Nevada Line being 1 Retracing the Pioneers closed to us owing to snow on the summit, we wended our way south, making our start- ing point in San Francisco at the Mission Dolores, thence via El Camino Real or Mission Road, with its many truck farms, past the country homes of San Mateo into the fertile Santa Clara Valley, with its many orchards and seed farms, on to the Mission San Juan Bautista. After a hurried visit to this interesting Mission we made the run over the San Juan grade, which afforded us some very pretty views of the San Benito Valley, into the Salinas Valley, where at Soledad we took the old stage route through the picturesque Jolon and Indian Valleys, reaching Mission San Miguel at twilight. With a good road before us and an inviting hotel as our incentive, we ran on to Paso Robles for the night, recording 221.5 miles for this our first day's run. MISSION SAN GABRIEL Retracing the Pioneers ■jg'ARLY morning of the second day saw i us continuing along the old stage route to Santa Margarita and over a steep and winding mountain pass to Mission San Luis Obispo. With a choice of routes from San Luis Obispo, we took the more interest- ing route along the Pacific Ocean to Pismo Beach. Here we again left the coast for the vegetable producing section of San Luis Obispo County, and the bean, sugar beet and oil producing section of Santa Barbara County to Los Olivos. The choice of roads again being ours, and mindful of the fact that ere long our path across the Continent would take us away from the coast, we sacri- ficed good roads and mountain scenery for marine views. Not until after we had enjoyed the Santa Ynez Mission and its olive groves, the beautiful wooded country, the mountain streams and the Gaviota Pass did we appre- ciate how much we had sacrificed for marine views. Running along the coast we were obliged to " negotiate ' ' numerous arroyos, which some witty soul had named " the fifty- 5 Retracing the Pioneers seven varieties ' ' . They certainly were most trying varieties, though they did afford us the pleasure of helping some poor unfortunate motorist whom lack of power had stalled along the road. I may mention that had it not been for such experiences the trip across the Continent would have been most monot- onous. Thanks to Santa Barbara County we spent an eventful and pleasant afternoon run- ning over its poor roads from Gaviota to Goleta. We arrived at Santa Barbara with our odometer at 147.8 miles. MISSION SANTA BARBARA Retracing the Pioneers w *3t* EAVING Santa Barbara and its pictur- ll , esque Mission behind us, we set out for the metropolis of Southern Cali- fornia. Following along State Street and the Ocean Boulevard, our road led us through Montecito Valley with its many pretty homes and parks on to Summerland with its oil wells extending out into the ocean. Five miles further on saw us amidst orange groves, and but few miles more and we were climbing over the Casitas Pass into Ventura County. With good roads before us we were not long running over the Conejo and Cahuenga Passes to Los Angeles, a distance from Santa Barbara of 104.9 miles. Retracing the Pioneers ^|| | AVING equipped ourselves with burlap, J| 1^ block and tackle, pick and shovel, and a goodly supply of edibles, we left Los Angeles on the morning of the fifth day. Following the line of the Southern Pacific to Fernando we passed over the very steepest grade of the entire trip, Newhall Pass, through Soledad Canyon on to Palmdale. Here we left the line of the railroad for Del Sur. I do not know that I have any real reason for mentioning Del Sur other than that it marked the place where a kindly store- keeper allowed us the use of empty sugar barrels and boxes to spread our lunch upon, from our own larder. After voting this, our first outdoor luncheon, a success, we ran on to Willow Springs and Mojave, a distance from Los Angeles of 114.6 miles. 10 THE ROAD NEAR SANTA BARBARA Retracing the Pioneers ^JV^NOWING the nature of the desert Tjl country before us, we made an early morning start from Mojave and fol- lowed the line of the Los Angeles aqueduct, now in course of construction. We, how- ever, had not proceeded further than Red Rock Canyon, a short distance out of Mojave, when we ran into a stretch of about one hun- dred and fifty yards of sand, which stalled our motor. This being our first experience, we were somewhat at a loss just how to proceed, but after some thought threw the combined strength of three men against the rear end of our car, and literally pushed the car out of the sand and on a more solid bottom, and continued on our way. Our joy was not of long duration, for at Grape Vine, not more than thirty miles further, we came to what we supposed a fork in the roads, and there being no apparent choice, we took the right fork and ran into trouble more serious than our first experience of the day. Pushing and pulling would not budge our car, as it did in the first instance, so not until we wore our- 13 Retracing the Pioneers selves out did the thought come to us that we had fortified ourselves against just such an occurrence by equipping ourselves with bur- lap. We cut the burlap into long strips about eighteen inches wide, the ends of which we tucked under the wheels of the machine. After weighting down the burlap at different intervals, we announced to our driver that we were ready for him ; that at a certain signal he should "turn her loose". The signal given, away went the car, but we saw our burlap being torn to the extent of worthless- ness for any further use. Burlap is not bad if you can pack it in sufficient quantities to say good-bye to it as you spread it on the road. I would, however, suggest a heavy canvas cut in long strips two feet in width as a more economical and serviceable equipment for desert motoring. Although in the desert, we found great interest in watching the stupendous work of Los Angeles capital in building the aqueduct. From Grape Vine we ran on to Little Lake and Haiwee, a fertile spot in the desert, and a most inviting place for spreading our lunch and enjoying a 14 NEWHALL PASS Retracing the Pioneers good cigar and a siesta. Profiting by our forenoon's experience, we were more success- ful in covering a stretch of seven miles, more or less, beyond Haiwee, of bad sand. This, however, was accomplished at the cost of a cut tire and pinched tube. After a delay of forty minutes we ran on to Olancha, near Owens Lake, and then into the fertile valley of the Owens River. Snow covered Mount Whitney to our left, and cultivation and the river to our right were welcome and beautiful sights after many miles of desert. Fourteen miles more, and with 132.5 miles as our day's run, we ran into Independence for the night. SAND STRETCH, GRAPE VINE Retracing the Pioneers EXPECTING that we would profit by the advice of knowing ones, we took the lane or upper road out of Indepen- dence and blindly followed directions through mud and water into depths we feared. Thinking discretion the better part of valor, we concluded to reverse our engine. A lucky thought took us to a road paralleling the C. & C. R. R., which ere long brought us into Big Pine. Here we took on gasoline, filled our water bags and thermos bottles, and after making enquiries as to the roads, took the grade over the White Mountains, which afforded us a pretty view of the valley of the Owens River, and which soon led us away from habitation and railroads and into Mono County. After travelling for some time we reached Foreman's Ranch, Oasis. Cook- house odors and our appetites, suggested the noon hour. I need not add that we were not long hunting the cookhouse and what it afforded us. " Four bits per" bought us a seat at the " Table d'hote" dinner, served on a long table devoid of tablecloth and napkins. 18 Retracing the Pioneers OASIS, MONO COUNTY, NEAR CALIFORNIA-NEVADA LINE Having satisfied our appetites, we studied human nature by " gluing our eyes" on one individual who, we finally concluded, was a brother of Buffalo Bill, if "get up" counted for anything. Dinner over, we hunted up the foreman of the ranch for further road directions, and off we were. At 2:30 that afternoon we reached the California-Nevada State Line, having travelled a distance from San Francisco of about 788.8 miles, or about 500 miles further than we would have been 19 Retracing the Pioneers obliged to travel had we taken the Placerville- Tahoe road. After crossing the State Line our first town in the Sage Brush State was the partially deserted mining town Silver Peak. According to our directions we were follow- ing the tracks of an automobile which had left Oasis ahead of us, and which we were told was bound for Tonopah, our destination for that night. Although it seemed to us that we were bearing too much to the south we followed the tracks, and much to our sur- prise, ran into Goldfield, one of Nevada's liveliest mining towns. The day was quite a strenuous one, as we had surmounted five summits, and the Goldfield Hotel looked inviting to us, and with 128.2 miles for the day's run, we put up for the night. 20 Retracing the Pioneers PLEASED with our unexpected visit to Goldfield, and enjoying the comforts of a good hotel, we pulled out the next morning at ten-thirty for the run to Tonopah, another lively and interesting min- ing town, but 25.6 miles away. The real " dyed-in-the-wool" Western hos- pitality, and a bunch of jolly good fellows kept us in Tonopah for the day. 21 Retracing the Pioneers ^^k A'NOWING that a mining engineer, well TjT acquainted with the roads and cut-offs, intended starting out in his Simplex machine over a portion of the road we were to cover, we got under way at five in the morning, and at Stone Cabin we caught up with his machine. Nine and a half miles further on we recorded our first "tyre blow out", which meant not only the loss of an hour, but also the loss of our guiding ma- chine, which went on ahead. At Stone Cabin our guide, the engineer, told us that at the fork of the roads near an uninhabited spot named Warm Springs, we were no lon- ger to follow his tracks, but were to take the road to the right. On reaching the fork of the roads we saw before us, conspicuously placed on the end of a stick, a piece of paper with the note, "Here is where I leave you, keep right-hand road to Twin Springs". Arriving at Twin Springs, consisting of a cabin and a small spring, we again halted, this time to change a rear tyre — then fifty- two miles through a tiresome country, with 22 Retracing the Pioneers TWIN SPRINGS the uncertainty of roads — if trails may be styled roads, as our sole diversion to Blue Eagle. Out of Blue Eagle we ran into a more interesting country, to us full of inci- dents. We had not travelled further than Curry Creek, thirteen miles away, when we arrived at what appeared to us to be the end of the road. As self-appointed captain of the party, I left the machine for a distant house in search of road information. I got what I was after. Our machine had not made more than one hundred feet when I heard a crash, and looking out I saw the rear wheel of the machine go through a weak culvert. There being no damage to it, we took what fun we could in the labor of getting the machine out of its perilous position.. A few miles further on, while going up a grade, our machine stuck 23 Retracing the Pioneers SUGGESTED A BOTTOMLESS MARSH in the sand. However, getting the machine out of sand no longer had any terror for us; for by experience we had gained, that unless the sand was very heavy, by throwing our coil of rope under one or both of the rear or driving wheels, they got traction and with it, locomotion. Out of Barnes, another short run, and we reached what very much sug- gested a bottomless marsh, the crossing of which did not appear feasible. Equipped with long pieces of fence rail, we had just commenced sounding the first pool of water when, to our joy, a halfbreed 24 Retracing the Pioneers appeared on the scene. He greeted us by "Team got stuck here this morning *'. We were not long in getting him to take a friend- ly interest in us and to point out just where the wagon got stalled. Our next move was to find the " High Spots' ', which we did with the aid of our sticks. With this information, we stationed ourselves on the banks of the pool with ropes and brush in hand ready to assist our machine from getting mired. The landing made, and fearful of a repetition, we engaged the services of the knowing half- breed to pilot us through this stretch of coun- try — about two miles, more or less, being under water. By opening a series of gates, and running across country, we again reached the main highway and dry roads. Twenty- eight miles of good roads took us into Ely, and one mile further to the Steptoe Hotel, East Ely, our odometer registering 182.6 miles for the day's run. 25 Retracing the Pioneers TIPPETT, NEVADA ^tf^ EFORE leaving Ely we were kept busy T^ the entire forenoon making a fruitless search for a tire to replace the extra tire which we were obliged to put on the day before, and which was most essential if we concluded to take the road of the Old Pony Express, and away from the railroad. Rely- ing on our good luck, we at 2*30 that after- noon left Ely to follow the road of the Old Overland Mail, with the information that the stumps of the old telegraph poles would act as our guide. We had not travelled sixty 26 Retracing the Pioneers miles when an explosion announced a "tyre blow out", which was augmented shortly after by the tyre shoe coming off. We started out fully expecting to make Ibapah, Utah, by night, but with the hands of our watch point- ing at eight, we concluded to put up at Tippett, recording but 67.7 miles for the afternoon's run. 27 Retracing the Pioneers DEEP CREEK NEAR IBAPAH, UTAH ^*^\ HOUSE, a barn, a few sheep and a ~/j\ small parcel of cultivated land, is all that Tippett appeared to be to the chance passer by. A short visit, however, soon convinced us that there was more to the place than we looked for. We found a post office, a warehouse well stocked with mer- chandise, and an interesting lot of people. Puzzled as to what warranted them in ostra- cizing themselves, as we felt these people had done, and curiosity getting the better of us, we made inquiries. Much to our surprise 28 Retracing the Pioneers ALKALI FLAT, SKULL VALLEY, OUT OF CALLAO, UTAH we learned that there were quite a number of farmers and stock men scattered all over the country, who came long distances to transact their business. Nothing of this was visible. Leaving Tippett, we soon ran into a coun- try which we found under irrigation, and on to roads which were under water. But a few miles further saw us in Ibapah, Utah, which supported a store, demonstrating to us that we were passing through an inhabited country. The next twenty miles did not afford us much of interest, the only life we saw being an occasional antelope, bands of 29 Retracing the Pioneers wild horses and coyotes. At noon we ran into Willow Springs, Callao, a Mormon settlement, a very fertile spot on the edge of the Great American Desert. Before leaving we had luncheon in one of the Mormon homes, and a noon day rest. Rest was prob- lematic, owing to the numberless children ; but our host assured us that the family a little further along the road could boast of a greater number of children. Eight miles further and our machine was stuck in an alkali flat, and not until we had thrown everything and anything available under the mired wheel, did we succeed in extricating it. Though we had not covered many miles when we reached Thomas Station, Fish Springs, a rather unin- viting place, we called it a day's run, with the odometer indicating 70.9 miles. 30 Retracing the Pioneers RUINS OF A STATION ON THE OLD OVERLAND ROUTE ^^" HOMAS Station not affording us much \^j other than righting gnats, poor food and unclean beds, innocent of linen, and knowing that we had a run of fifty miles through the desert before us, we did not tarry long, so at five the next morning we were again under way. We had covered not more than four miles when a tyre blew out, and eighteen miles further on we had a second blow out. With only a much worn out tyre, which we fortunately packed with us in lieu of a new one, we still felt that in an emergency it would see us through our 31 Retracing the Pioneers trouble, and to Salt Lake City. At forty-one miles, after having travelled through a coun- try devoid of water, vegetation and habitation, we ran into a lonely stage station where we remained just long enough to brew some coffee for ourselves. At noon we left, and not more than twenty miles later we again heard a familiar sound, which in this instance recorded tyre blow out number three. On went a tyre shoe and another inside protector, and away we went. This time we travelled ten miles, when blow out number four came upon us. After putting our heads together, we finally concluded to cut the bead from the worn out tyre and reinforce the one that was causing us so much trouble, and as an extra precaution we changed our positions in the tonneau so as to remove all weight possible from it. But a run of another hour again saw us in trouble, and we recorded blow out number five. Again we put our tyre in shape, and in fear and trembling moved on. With but eleven miles between our trouble and habitation, we concluded that possibly, with extremely slow running of the machine, 32 Retracing the Pioneers THOMAS, FISH SPRINGS, UTAH and with no load at all, might see us at least that far. So, barring the driver, the happy family took to their feet. We made Lookout Station and in sight of habitation, which made matters look more cheerful. Our cheer, however, was not lasting, for a little further on blow out number six occurred, and we were on the rim. Luckily we were out of the desert by this time and in a soft, moist soil. Since our tyre refused to hold air, we fed it on rope, tied some to the rim, and with a smile moved on — only for a short way, however, then we stuck in the mud. 33 Retracing the Pioneers The efforts of our combined weight shoved our car out, and we were soon hobbling along again. At 6:45 P.M., with 65.6 miles for the day's run, we were in Vernon, a small Mormon settlement but a few miles from the railroad and in easy reach of Salt Lake City, and supplies. EMERGENCY TYRE REPAIRING IN THE DESERT 34 Retracing the Pioneers ^^%ITH good bed and board, our enforced ^J\r rest of a day and a half at Vernon, during our mechanician's trip to Salt Lake City to purchase tubes and tyres, was quite as agreeable as it was unexpected. At noon of the second day we were again equipped, and at three that afternoon under way. It was not long before we ran into Tooele, where, for the first time in many days, we saw land under Cultivation. Little further on, at Garfield, we saw the Great Salt Lake, and with our odometer at 66.2 miles, we ran into Salt Lake City, the first city of any size since leaving Los Angeles, California. 35 Retracing the Pioneers *^f N order to give our mechanician time to overhaul our car, which had not received more than the ordinary care, although it had taken us safely over thirteen hundred miles, and furthermore, being in need of inner tubes and tyres, we delayed a day at Salt Lake City. Properly equipped and our machine overhauled, we pulled out of Salt Lake City on the morning of the sixteenth day at ten o'clock. We had travelled not more than a few miles when we ran into a beautiful fertile valley with snow covered mountains in the distance; and ever mindful of our appetites, made a slight detour to reach Ogden and its restaurants. After luncheon we ran back to Riverdale and on through the scenic Weber canyon, with its winding roads crossing and recrossing its running streams. Needless to say we did not fail to see the Devil's Slide, so well known to the patrons of the Union Pacific. After a most interest- ing and enjoyable run through Weber Can- yon, we passed through the more bleak, though romantic, Echo Canyon. When 36 THE DEVIL S SLIDE Retracing the Pioneers within a few miles of the Utah-Wyoming Line, at a station on the railroad named Wahsatch, we passed Weston, the pedestrian, on his walk across the American Continent. Though it was after eight that evening when we reached Evanston, our odometer reading was but 117.7 miles for the day, showing that we took advantage of what the day afforded us, and manifested appreciation of it after nigh eight hundred miles of desert travelling. EVANSTON, WYOMING 39 Retracing the Pioneers V ^%HILE in Salt Lake City we tried to ^jU get our route through Wyoming. All the response we received to our many inquiries was: "See P. W. Spaulding, the attorney at Evanston; he has made the trip across the Continent " . We lost no time looking him up and he kindly furnished us with a map of the country, on which he traced the route we were to take. He being an automobile enthusiast, and as it was Thurs- day night, we induced him to take a week's end run with us. We shipped our luggage in order to gain seating space and lighten our load, and at the appointed hour the next morning, under his guidance, left the main line of the Union Pacific for the coal mining town, Cumberland, on the Oregon Short Line. Cumberland is in Wyoming and on a railroad, still it harbored a man to whom it was our pleasure to explain the workings of the first automobile he had ever seen. From Cumberland we went to Opal, and then to Granger, on the main line of the Union Pacific. This road we were to par- 40 Retracing the Pioneers allel into Omaha, the elements permitting. From here our road took us over a series of washes (gullies), of which Marston Wash was considered the worst, and which we were told we would not be able to cross without the assistance of a team of horses. Good luck, a sixty horse power engine, or good driving, however, took us over the washes and on to Bryan, where we were compelled to take to the railroad ties for a short distance in order to regain our road. With the excep- tion of the replacing of our driving chain, which came off owing to the strenuous travel- ling, we had no further trouble to Green River. But a few miles more, and with 131.3 miles for our day's work, we were in Rock Springs, our stopping place for the night. RUNNING MACHINE OVER BURLAP, THROUGH A SANDY STRETCH WYOMING ROAD Retracing the Pioneers POINT OF ROCKS, WYOMING ^ %^E travelled but a few miles out of Rock Wl^/ Springs when we found ourselves fighting our way through a stretch of about two hundred yards of sand. Coils of ropes, all the dry brush we could find, and fifty-five minutes of hard labor conquered it. This, however, was but a suggestion of what was still to come. A party travelling en auto bound for Seattle kindly informed us that we had some * ' dandy ditches ' ' before us. They failed to tell us that a team hauled them over the bad places. We were not long getting 42 Retracing the Pioneers our experience. Ditch number one cost us half an hour's tugging, and ditch number two another half hour. Aside from this vari- ation, we spent the entire day running over what purported to be roads, and for pastime watched the Union Pacific track laborers and the semaphores along the track, until at 123 miles we put into Rawlins. NEGOTIATING A WYOMING WASH 43 Retracing the Pioneers STALLED IN ELK MOUNTAINS, WYOMING ROAD ^^y4 T Rawlins we learned that the bridges ^"\ were washed out and that the auto- mobilists in the New York-Seattle race were travelling over the railroad bridges with much difficulty and with injury to their machines. Expecting to profit by their ex- periences, we appealed to our travelling com- panion, Mr. Spaulding, to direct us around the trouble. Knowing the country, he tried to inform himself as to the condition of the roads, but, not contrary to the usual, he found it almost impossible to get authentic informa- tion. He finally concluded to make a detour of over forty miles, so at eight-thirty the next 44 OUR HOSTS IN ELK MOUNTAINS, WYOMING Retracing the Pioneers morning we were heading south and away from the main line of the Union Pacific. Our road took us via Hopkins Ranch through unfrequented canyons to Saratoga. Delight- ed with our forenoon's successful run we, after a noon day rest, moved on. We had not proceeded far when we were caught in a thunder storm which came upon us very sud- denly. After hurriedly adjusting our storm curtains, we speeded on to Schoojan's Ranch, where we found the country for some distance around under water. With the assurance that there was bottom to the road and with Mr. Schoojan's directions well jotted down, we put on our skid chains and moved on. We were not out of sight of the ranch when we discovered a puncture. Our puncture repaired, we braved three miles of hog-back road which our machinery at times failed to clear in spite of thirteen and a half inches clearance, when much to our dismay, our rear wheels went almost out of sight in the mud and we were stuck. With the rain beating down on us we set to work to extri- cate our machine. We got our right wheel 47 Retracing the Pioneers partly jacked up, when in looking at the left wheel we found that the only obstruction that kept it from going out of sight was the axle. This, however, did not discourage us, and we continued our good work by building up underneath it until it was on a solid founda- tion. Then we turned our attention to the left wheel, which we also propped up. With our rear wheels high and dry, our next thought was how to pull the machine to firm ground. Our block and tackle we found could not be used, for we could not gain a hold for our " dead-man ". The only thing left us being our own strength, we tied a rope to the front axle, and with four men on the rope, the machine in the low, and with a full throttle, we pulled her out. Leaving our machine, we walked on to a sheepherder's wagon in search of road information from its lonely occupants, with the usual success. Failing in this we started off over the road afoot. We had not far to go before we found that the road was impassable for any kind of a vehicle. It being five in the afternoon, we finally concluded to tie up for the night, 48 Retracing the Pioneers satisfied that if Elk Mountain afforded us no shelter other than our machine, the sheep- herders at least offered to satisfy the inner man. After our repast, which consisted of mutton stew and coffee, we borrowed our host's shoes to replace our well soaked pedal covers, took our mileage for the day, 57.4 miles, and piled into our automobile for the night. OUR NIGHT S ABODE IN ELK MOUNTAINS, WYOMING 49 Retracing the Pioneers ^^\ETWIXT spinning yarns and occas- w^ ional naps we managed to pass the night, and were not sorry to see the dawn of day. Unable to continue as origi- nally planned, and unwilling to double back over our road, the only course left us to get back to the Union Pacific was to travel cross country. Our host, the sheepherder, volun- teering to accompany us part of the way, we left camp at six. Soon we learned that he was no better informed than we were, and bade him adieu. We travelled over unbeaten paths and sheep trails in a rather aimless fash- ion until it occurred to us that if we hoped to reach our goal that day we must decide upon some more definite course. We finally decid- ed to split up our party, each man taking a different direction, in the hope of finding some settlement which might assist us in locating ourselves, thus shaping our course. Matters looked rather hopeless, when sud- denly one of our party shouted that he saw a team travelling along a road, which much to our surprise, was but a short distance off; 50 SCOUTING FINDING ROADS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A SHEEPHERDER AND HIS HORSE Retracing the Pioneers with an impassable gully between us how- ever. We lost no time in hailing the driver, who told us that we were but eighteen miles from Hanna, on the Union Pacific, and that if we followed the road he was on we would have no further difficulties. Fortunately, another of our party spied a structure of some kind a mile or more off, which on investiga- tion proved to be a deserted wooden corral. Appropriating what lumber we needed, we packed it to the gully, built a bridge, and safely ran our car across and on to the road. Consulting our clock and odometer we found that we had consumed four hours covering but six miles. Elated with our success in finding a road and with a few miles of easy running, we soon forgot our troubles, when we were rudely awakened by more serious trouble. We ran on to a road which at some time must have been used for hauling ore, with the result that the ruts cut into it resem- bled gullies, impossible for our machine to travel in. With one wheel on the hog back of the road, the other on the high bank par- alleling the road, we tried it for a way. This 53 Retracing the Pioneers failing, we left the road and travelled through the sagebrush, which we felt would, at the worst, not injure the fly wheel of the ma- chine, if it did rip off its drip pan. There being no way out of our dilemma, we bowed to the inevitable, and travelled cautiously out of the sagebrush and into a flooded district. At half-past eleven that forenoon we finally reached Hanna, and were back to the line of the Union Pacific which, as previously stated, we were to follow. At Medicine Bow, twelve miles further on, we were told that the Medi- cine Bow River at Ware Ranch had overflowed its banks, and that it would not be advisable to attempt to ford it. This, however, did not deter us; for thinking the report an exagger- ated one, we continued on our way. Arriv- ing opposite Ware Ranch we hailed a man on horseback who happened to be nearby, and at the suggestion of one of our party requested him to ford the river with his horse so that we might get some idea of its depth, and help us to a conclusion. It was finally agreed that Mr. Diggles and I were to arrange for horses to accompany the machine. We 54 Retracing the Pioneers WARE RANCH, MEDICINE BOW started off on our mission, leaving the others to busy themselves winding all the available rope we had aboard around the rim of the rear wheels, in order to give them traction. With some difficulty (not without getting our feet wet), Mr. Diggles and I reached the opposite bank and made our wants known, but before the horses were in readiness we saw our machine ploughing through the water to terra firma. After settling with the rancher and explaining to him that our party had brought the machine thus far under its own power, and that as a matter of pride we were anxious to so continue, we were off; but not for any great distance, for we soon found the road closed by barbed wire fences. 55 Retracing the Pioneers Seeing some automobile tracks on the inside of the fence, we cut the wires, let our ma- chine through, and in order to show our good breeding, perhaps also fearing the law, we replaced them as we found them, and re- gained our road. Soon after, and but a few miles out of Rock River, we met a party of autoists also bound East. We travelled in company as far as the Laramie River, where they stopped to take water. Leaving them we ran on another short stretch, when much to our disgust, we saw a lane ahead that in the words of the motorists, "did not look good to us ' ' . The sight of one of the New York-Seattle cars stuck in the mud made our hope of getting over this apparently bottom- less road most dubious. Mr. Diggles and I, possibly because we were better shod than the others of our party, set out to take soundings, leaving the others to wind the rope around the rear wheels preparatory to venturing over the road. Satisfied that if our machine could get over this horrible stretch we could make Laramie for the night, we motioned our driver to come on. The feat safely accom- 56 Retracing the Pioneers plished, we stopped the machine and awaited the coming of the one we left behind us at the river. It was a comical sight to see it coming through the lane with its driver attempting to follow our irregular track. This done and feeling our services no longer needed, we again moved on, reaching Lar- amie at eight thirty-five that night, with our odometer at 121.7 miles. 57 Retracing the Pioneers < ^^ p " I RED as a result of the previous, for \Sj us, most strenuous day's work, we did not leave Laramie for Cheyenne, a distance of 58.5 miles, till noon, a short but interesting run. Out of Tie Siding, a short distance from Laramie, our attention was attracted by a sign put up by an enterprising rancher, reading: "Notice. — All automobiles going this road to Cheyenne must pay 50c. A. Horseman''. 58 AMES BROS. MONUMENT Retracing the Pioneers We soon learned that the county road for some distance was impassable, and that the rancher, with an eye to business, insured safe travelling through his domain and on to the main highway, at a cost of fifty cents. It must not be supposed that he spent time or money improving the road through his ranch. In lieu of that he had a team of horses ready to haul machines out of trouble when re- quired. Regaining the main highway, we climbed up to Sherman, at one time the highest point on the Union Pacific, but deserted since its reconstruction. At, or near Sherman, we saw a monument in the form of a pyramid erected to the memory of the Ames Bros., contractors and builders of the road. The monument stood close to a huge pile of rocks, itself much resembling a pyra- mid. We delayed long enough to take a few photographs, and then continued on to Granite Canyon and down the grade to Cheyenne. 61 Retracing the Pioneers ^V UNNING over miserable roads and T^^ through a sparsely settled country had gotten on our nerves, and with joy we hailed the promise of better roads and a more thickly settled country through Ne- braska, but forty-three miles further east. The country no doubt will, ere long, be a rich farming one; as yet it is merely land fenced in under homestead, but recently wrested from the big cattle owners. Each section boasted but a shack. Our introduc- tion to Nebraska roads was disappointing, for at Bushnell, but a few miles from the Wyoming-Nebraska line, fearing to ford a creek, we ran over a bridge which was much the worse for the ravages of the water; the result being that one of its loose planks wrenched the fender and running board of our machine, recording the first accident of the journey. We soon saw that good roads were not to be our lot. Meeting a motor- party from Denver, after a pow-wow we concluded to make a detour to Kimball, in place of following the route along the rail- 62 Retracing the Pioneers road through a flooded district. From there we ran on to Sidney, our destination, having registered 111.6 miles for the day. 63 Retracing the Pioneers OUT of Sidney we ran to Chappell, where we left the line of the Union Pacific for a better and more direct route to Big Springs. Owing to late rains we were compelled to make a number of detours which meant nothing more than the crossing and recrossing of the South Platte River, but this gave us a better opportunity to see the rich farming country of the South Platte. From Sutherland we ran for some distance between the North and South Platte Rivers to their confluence, a short way beyond the town of North Platte. Following the south side of the Platte River for forty-eight miles we crossed it, and ran into Gothenburg, hav- ing made 177 miles for the day; a good indi- cation that the roads were not bad. 64 CROSSING THE PLATTE RIVER Retracing the Pioneers FRISCO-BOSTON SIGN w ] had not travelled more than ahout thirty miles out of Gothenburg when we were treated to a heavy down- pour of rain, with the result that what we had so often been told was soon to be demon- strated, namely: "The roads are fine when it does not rain ". It did not require much rain to make the roads too slippery for safe travelling. We put chains on the rear wheels of our machine and worried along for about two miles into Lexington, where we put up awaiting the passing of the storm. The 67 Retracing the Pioneers storm over, we purchased a second set of chains, which we placed on the front wheels as an extra precaution against skidding, and ventured out. When within four miles of Kearny we saw the well known " Frisco- Boston' ' sign, which marks the half way between those cities, 1733 miles. We, how- ever, had travelled 2301.5 miles to reach this point. From here on we had good roads, making Grand Island for the night, our mileage for the day being 117.6 miles. 68 Retracing the Pioneers lm jBf EAVING Grand Island we continued 11^ on our way through the very rich farming country of the Platte. The day was entirely without incidents. Cautious running, however, was necessary, owing to the condition of the roads due to the occas- ional showers we encountered. With our odometer at 150.5 miles, we ran into Omaha. 69 Retracing the Pioneers OWING to the intense heat and thunder storms which did not promise passable roads, we delayed at Omaha. On the morning of the twenty-eighth day we read reports stating that the lower end of Council Bluffs across the Missouri River was under water. Thinking the reports exaggerated, we decided to start out and see for ourselves. Before leaving we met a party of women motorists who told us that their car was tied up in Vail, Iowa, and that they feared we would not be able to travel over the roads. Our minds made up, we started out at eleven that forenoon. The reports of the flooded district of Council Bluffs were soon verified, but the water having receded, we found no difficulty in making that city. We were not much further along when we found it neces- sary to put chains on the wheels of our car, and with our odometer at eleven miles we were stuck in Iowa's "Gumbo" (a wet, thick and heavy soil). Extricating our ma- chine, we again got under way. Following along section lines to the west and north of 70 Retracing the Pioneers the Boyer River, in order to avoid the flooded roads, we ran along slowly, feeling our way, when at dusk there appeared ahead of us a stretch of two hundred feet of road entirely under water and not at all promising. The tracks of a wagon that had but recently gone through the puddle, gave us courage, and without much hesitation, we ran in, and luckily, out of it. Plugging, as we had been, for an entire afternoon, we did not feel hilar- ious; but the spectators our machine attracted, as it travelled through the water, and their astonishment at not seeing us stuck, was most amusing. Though our objective point for the night was Dennison, with its good hotel, eight-fifteen saw us in Arion with anything but a good hotel, and with but 72.3 miles as the result of nine hours running. Here we were assured that owing to the country being under water and bridges out, we could pro- ceed no further. 71 Retracing the Pioneers ^^4 FTER an all but restful night we were -^\ up and about bright and early in search of road information. The night before, our proceeding further under our own power, as stated, looked hopeless. Search soon revealed an individual who claimed that on the previous day he had travelled over the stretch of road that was causing us so much thought. Following his instructions we put on our four chains and at eight that morning pulled out of Arion, and much to our chagrin found that we were but forty minutes in reaching Dennison, which the night previous we had been told was inaccessible from the west. At Vail, ten miles further on, we were again in a quandary as to the advisability of proceeding, knowing that a machine had been stalled in a marshy lane which we were to travel over. On the advice of a storekeeper we put our "mud fighters" on the wheels and "kept close to the fence ". Our power pulled us through, and good luck saved the springs of the ma- chine. From here we travelled under 72 Retracing the Pioneers more or less difficulties, until we reached Ogden (Iowa), where a severe thunder storm assisted us in a conclusion to tie up, awaiting its passing. Under the impression if we were to fear any part of the road ahead of us, it would be near Boone, we 'phoned the garage proprietor at that place, asking him if he would advise us to come on. With an affir- mative answer from him we started. Still, in spite of road conditions, we enjoyed the very rich farming country, and were agreeably surprised and pleased to find ourselves in a " dandy " forest, but a short way out on our way to Boone, which place we reached with our odometer at 95.6 miles. GUMBO ROAD OUT OF VAIL, IOWA Retracing the Pioneers IOWA PASTOR A I ^^%E left Boone with the pleasing infor- Wl/ mation that but a short run would see us on good roads. Fifteen miles out we ran into Ames, where we visited the State College and its beautiful grounds. Travelling on we noticed the difference in soil, and though not experts, we concluded that Eastern Iowa could not boast of as rich and productive a soil as the western half of the State, if it could boast of better roads. At Tama, about sixty-five miles out of Ames, we ran on the promised good roads, 74 Retracing the Pioneers and the temptation being great we speeded on to Cedar Rapids; our odometer reading 136 miles for the day. 75 Retracing the Pioneers m *jfT EAVING Cedar Rapids at seven twenty- 1L . five the next morning we took advan- tage of good roads, and at noon day had covered ninety-one miles, which saw us in Clinton. After luncheon we crossed the Mississippi River and into Fulton, 111. Continuing, we, at six twenty that evening, were in De Kalb. With Chicago but sixty-three miles away, and being anxious to get there, we took on gas and soon were off again. Travelling after dark over strange roads made our progress slow; but at nine-thirty that night we reached Maywood. From there we travelled over the boulevards of Chicago to our hotel on Michigan Avenue, which place we made by ten-twenty that night, with two hundred and forty miles as the day's run. 76 APPROACH TO MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE Retracing the Pioneers •7\ NXIOUS to reach our goal, New ^*\ York City, we delayed but two days in Chicago. The morning of the thirty-fourth day saw us running out Michigan Avenue through Washington Park and by the Boulevard to Jackson Park, the site of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. A short visit to its few remaining interesting places, and away we were. Leaving Jackson Park we were not long in making Hammond, where we entered Indiana. Running over a rolling, wooded country, at two that afternoon we made the carriage and wagon manufacturing city, South Bend, for luncheon. Owing to heavy rains we, a short distance further, put into Goshen, with our odometer at 136 miles. 79 Retracing the Pioneers ^ m0 l\ T an early hour the next morning we ~^\ left Goshen, continuing through a wooded and farming country to the Indiana-Ohio State Line, a little beyond Butler, and to Toledo, a busy railroad center on the Maumee River. After a half hour at Toledo we proceeded, and with our odometer at 176.4 miles ran into Fremont. 80 Retracing the Pioneers SINCE leaving Chicago we had travelled by aid of the Rand-McNally " Photo Auto Guide". At Fremont we were told that the "Automobile Blue Book" offered a choice of routes. The weather being in our favor, we chose the Lake Shore route. Seven and a half miles out of Fremont, at Clyde, we headed north, and at Hudson, twenty-five and a half miles fur- ther, ran on to the " Lake Road". Follow- ing the Lake front over good roads, and through a vineyard country for nigh forty- eight miles, brought us into Cleveland. Leaving Cleveland, we continued on the "Lake Shore Road" out Euclid Avenue. Ninety-eight miles of excellent running and with 179.3 miles for the day's run, we were in Erie, Pennsylvania. 81 Retracing the Pioneers ^•^ HE next morning at about eight we 4^ j left Erie, and after a run of but eighteen and a half miles, through a vineyard country, we reached the Penn- sylvania-New York State Line. Following along the south shore of Lake Erie we at noon day ran into Buffalo, our odometer registering 91.3 miles. 82 A PENNSYLVANIA ROAD Retracing the Pioneers 31 AVING covered over two thousand I miles since our car received its last careful overhauling, and with enough of interest in and about Buffalo to hold us for a couple of days, we did not leave that city until the morning of the fortieth day. We were not further than about eight miles from our hotel when, running at a speed of twenty-two miles, we were stopped by a constable, who, acting as arresting officer, judge and jury, taxed us ten dollars for ex- ceeding the State speed limit. Seventy-four miles of good running, saw us in Rochester on the Genesee River. Desirous of seeing the lakes of northern New York State, we travelled southeast from Rochester to Canandaigua, and to the lake of the same name. Sixteen miles further, we ran into Geneva, on Seneca Lake, and but eleven miles more, just out of Seneca Falls, we were in sight of Cayuga Lake. After travelling over the Montezuma swamp we soon were in Auburn, where, owing to the lateness of the hour, we left the lake 85 Retracing the Pioneers district and travelled northeast, and with 172.9 miles as our odometer reading, ran into Syracuse. 86 Retraci?tg the Pioneers STONE TOLL ROAD BETWEEN SYRACUSE AND FAYETTEVILLE, N. Y W ITH the exception of the previous afternoon's run from Canandaigua to Auburn, New York State did not afford us anything other than good roads. The trees we saw appeared to us to be affected by a blight. We feared that possibly our long journey across the continent had begun to make us indifferent to our surroundings, when but a short way out of Utica and but fifty miles from Syracuse, which city we left that morning at nine, we ran into the Valley 87 Retracing the Pioneers of the Mohawk, whose beauties soon hauled us out of our reveries. At Little Falls, twenty-two miles further east, the view of the Mohawk, the Erie Canal and the railways wending their way side by side through a narrow gorge cut through a spur of the Adirondacks by the River, we were more than awakened to the beauties of the often referred to "Valley of the Mohawk". Con- tinuing along the Mohawk and the canal for a distance of nearly fifty-seven miles we reached Schenectady. A run of fourteen and a half miles without strict observance of the State's speed law soon saw us in Albany, on the Hudson, with 142.4 miles for our day's run. 88 Retracing the Pioneers MONUMENT ON NEW YORK STATE ROAD "•jf* EAVING Albany we crossed the Hudson II . to Rensselaer and on to the State Road, which runs along the east side of the River. This we soon learned was a river road in name only. To our dismay it afforded us but infrequent views of the Hudson. Dis- appointed, we tried the lower roads which skirt the river. These not being continuous, we returned to the State Road and followed it to Poughkeepsie, a distance of seventy-four miles from Albany. From here we expected we would no longer have to content ourselves 89 Retracing the Pioneers with occasional glimpses of the river, but not until we reached Peekskill, thirty-four miles further south, did we get unobstructed views of the Hudson. Travelling through a suc- cession of villages we were soon in sight of the Palisades, and entered the City of New York at Two Hundred and Thirtieth Street, thence to the Riverside Drive, which we followed to its end, on to the busy thoroughfares, and with 148.9 miles for the day we pulled up at our hotel in Times Square. Our run across the American Continent was accomplished. With a registered mileage of 4088.5 miles the machine was delivered at the wharf ready for the crate which was to house it on its voyage across the Atlantic, and we were looking forward to our European trip which was to follow. 90 TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY Transcontinental Itinerary OUR ROUTE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK Transcontinental Itinerary June i, 1909. Roads good; several grades TIME MILES 8.00 A. M. San Francisco, Cal. (Mission Dolores) via Mission Road 9.00 San Mateo 18.8 10.21 San Jose 49. 11.28 Gilroy 77.2 San Juan via San Juan Grade 1.05 P. M. Salinas io 5-5 3.05 Soledad 130. 4.50 Jolon - - - 167. via Indian Valley .... San Miguel 7.45 Paso Robles 221.5 221.5 June 2, 1909. Good and bad roads. Many gullies along the coast. Some grades. 8.13 A.M. Paso Robles 9.58 San Luis Obispo 3°- 2 11.02 Arroyo Grande via Pismo . . . . 46.2 11.55 Nipomo 54-5 12.25 P.M. Santa Maria 61.5 4.18 Los Olivos 95-6 8.15 Santa Barbara via Gaviota . . . 147.8 369-3 June 3, 1909. Two grades. Roads good. 8.35 A.M. Santa Barbara 10.42 Ventura 33-& 2.10 P. M. Los Angeles, cor. 4th and Spring Streets 107 . 9 477-2 95 Retracing the Pioneers TIME 7.00 A. M. 7-55 io-55 12.10 P. M. 3-i5 5.20 A. M. 6.20 10.30 11.30 2.30 P. M. 4.20 5-5o Fair roads. Los Angeles, June 4, 1909. June 5, 1909. Fair roads. Los Angeles Fernando Palmdale via Soledad Canvon Del Sur '. Willow Springs .... Mojave 21.9 68.9 84- 100.5 114. 6 1.8 June 6, 1909. Poor roads. Many stretches of sand. Mojave Cinco Ricardo Grape Vine Little Lake Haiwee Olancha Lone Pine 17 26 53 67 - - 84 93 116 Independence 132 7 2 4-3 June 7, 1909. Several grades. Toll at Toll House, White Mountains. 6-55 A 8.50 10. 10 11.20 12.25 M. 4.00 6.15 Independence Big Pine 27 White Mountains (Toll House) . . 35 Gilbert Ranch 53 P. M. Oasis, Cal 65 California-Nevada line 67 Silver Peak, Nevada 91 Goldfield 128 June 8, 1909. Fair roads. 10.30 A.M. Goldfield 12.00 noon Tonopah 25.6 852-5 878.1 96 Transcontinental Itinerary June 9, 1909. Sand for short stretches; good and bad roads. TIME MILES 5.05 A.M. Tonopah 6.40 Stone Cabin 36.8 8.35 Warm Springs 52.6 9.12 Twin Springs 62.6 12.56 P. M. Blue Eagle 114.5 2.55 Curry Creek 127. 1 5.40 Barnes I 53-6 7.15 Elv 181. 7.25 East Ely 182.6 1060.7 June 10, 1909. Good roads. 2.30 P. M. East Ely 3.20 McGill 11. 4 5.13 Schellbourne 40 .3 8.15 Tippett 67.7 1 1 28. 4 June ii, 1909. Alkali flats, ditches and generally poor roads. 7.50 A.M. Tippett, Nevada 9.15 Nevada-Utah line 19.2 10.07 Deep Creek, Utah 23.5 10.15 Ibapah 25.2 12.15 P.M. Callao (Willow Springs) .... 49.4 3.30 Fish Springs (Thomas) 70 .9 II99-3 June 12, 1909. Fair desert roads. 5.15 A.M. Fish Springs (Thomas) 10.05 Simpson 41 .1 4.00 P.M. Lookout 57.1 6.45 Vernon 65.6 1264.9 Vernon, June 13, 1909. 97 Retracing the Pioneers TIME 2. 50 P. 3-30 4-15 4.40 5- 2 5 5-35 5-4o 6.30 io. 10 A. 10.45 11.07 11.25 ii-35 11.50 12.10 P. 12.25 3-38 4-05 5- 5-45 6. 7-i5 7-5o 8.10 8-35 8.40 A. io-55 ii-45 1. 10 P. 3-5o 6-55 June 14, 1909. Fair Roads. MILES M. Vernon Ajax 11. 6 Stockton 25.5 Tooele 3 x -9 Lakepoint 46.2 Smelter 48.4 Garfield 50.2 Salt Lake City 66.2 Salt Lake City, June 15, 1909. June 16, 1909. Roads fair and good. M. Salt Lake City Bountiful Farmington 15 Kaysville Layton Clearfield M. Riverdale 33 Ogden 36 Riverdale 40 Peterson 56 Morgan 64 Devil's Slide 72 Henefer 79 Echo 83 Castle Rock 99 Wahsatch, Utah 107 Utah-Wyo. Line 113 Evanston, Wyo 117 1448. J June 17, 1909. Roads bad and very bad; many gullies (washes). M. Evanston So. Cumberland ' . 32 No. Cumberland 34 Glencoe 4° M. Opal 58 Granger 83 Marston Wash 93 Green River 116 Rock Springs 131 98 1580. 7 45 A 9 20 i P 2 45 3 15 3 5° 4 25 7 05 8 °5 Transcontinental Itinerary June 18, 1909. Stretches of sand; number of gullies; bad roads. Mil M. Rock Springs Point of Rocks 25.2 M. Bitter Creek 47.8 Table Rock 57-6 Tipton 64.4 Red Desert . 71.6 Wamsutter 80.4 Daly Ranch io 9-5 Rawlins I2 3- June 19, 1909. 1703. 1 Fair and good roads; very bad roads; detour of 40 miles owing to {Rawlins to Hanna). 1760.5 8.35 A.M. Rawlins 12.05 P.M. Saratoga 39- 2 2.25 Schoojan's Ranch 53.3 5. Elk Mtns. (open country) .... 57-4 June 20, 1909. Roads very bad. 6.15 A.M. Elk Mtns. (open country) .... 11.35 Hanna 25 1.05 P.M. Carbon 36 1.50 - Medicine Bow 47 3 . 10 Ware Ranch 50 5.10 Rock River 66 8.35 Laramie 121 June 21, 1909. Roads generally not bad; bad in spots. 12.45 P- M- Laramie 1.35 Tie Siding 18.3 2.15 Sherman 25.8 Buford 31.5 3.15 Granite Canyon 39-7 4.30 Cheyenne 58.5 99 1940.7 TIME 9.25 A. M. 11.33 12.15 p - M. 1.20 1.50 2-15 4-25 5-25 Retracing the Pioneers June 22, 1909. Roads good when it does not rain. MILES Cheyenne E g bert 32.3 Pine Bluff, Wyo 42.2 Smeed, Neb 48. Bushnell 52.6 Kimball 75.1 Potter 93 . z Sidney 111.6 2052.3 June 23, 1909. Roads good when it does not rain. 7.15 A. M. Sidney 8.20 Lodge Pole 8-55 Chappell . 10.25 Big Springs 11.25 Brule . . ii-55 Ogallala . 2. P.M. Paxton 2-35 Sutherland 4-i5 No. Platte 5-25 Bignell . 7.10 Gothenburg 37 59 5 2 72 9 «3 3 103 7 "5 S 138 9 152 5 177. 2229.3 June 24, 1909. Roads good when it does not rain. 7.15 A.M. Gothenburg 7.55 Cozad «... 13.9 9.15 Lexington 31.9 1. 50 P.M. Elm Creek . 56.1 2.30 Frisco-Boston Sign 68. 2.50 Kearny 72.2 3.30 Shelton 91.2 3.55 Wood River 99. 4-40 Grand Island 117. 6 100 2346-9 Transco?itinental Itinerary June 25, 1909. Roads good zvhen it does not rain. MILES Grand Island Chapman 12.9 Central City 23.2 Clarks 34 . 1 Silver Creek 45-2 Columbus . 04-9 Benton 73.5 Schuyler 81.4 Rogers 89.5 Fremont 112. 2 Waterloo I 3°-S Elkhorn J 33-6 Omaha I 5°-5 2497.4 Omaha, Neb., June 26 and 27, 1909. June 28, 1909. Toll Missouri River bridge; "Gumbo" roads are almost impassable when it rains. 11. 15 A. M. 11.35 1.45 P.M. 2.40 3-55 5-i5 8.15 riME 7 8 9 10 -45 A. •30 .20 .00 M. ro 12 -45 .00 Noon 2 4 55 P- 15 M. 5 6 45 35 Omaha, Nebraska Council Bluffs, Iowa 5.1 Honey Creek 18.3 Missouri Valley Logan Woodbine Arion . 27-3 36.6 47-3 7 2 -3 June 29, 1909. Roads good if it does not rain. "Gumbo Soil." 8.05 A.M. Arion 8.50 Dennison 8 10.20 Vail 18 11. 15 West Side 24 12.10 P.M. Carroll 37 1.20 Glidden 44 2. Scranton 56 2.40 Jefferson 06 3. Grand Junction 74 3.50 Ogden 85 6.15 Boone 95 101 2569.7 2665.3 Retracing the Pioneers June 30, 1909. Roads good if it does not rain. "Gumbo soil." From Tama roads M. TIME 8.05 A 9-3° 10.10 11.25 12.15 p - M 2-45 4- 5-45 7- 25 A. M 7- 5° 8. 25 9- 9-35 IG. 30 IO 55 II 20 12 30 P. M 2 3 3 45 4 20 5 10 5 40 6 .20 7 -45 9 -30 10 .20 MILES Boone . Ames . Nevada State Center . Marshalltown Le Grand Montour . Tama . . Gladstone Chelsea Belle Plaine 1 5 24 39 54 64 69 80 85 9 1 100 Cedar Rapids 136 July i, 1909. 2801, Toll: Mississippi River — Lyon-Fulton bridge; roads good. Cedar Rapids Marion 5.8 Mt. Vernon 18.9 Mechanicsville 30.2 Clarence 41.2 Lowden 49-8 Wheatland 55-9 Grand Mound 66.1 Clinton, Iowa 91-3 Fulton, 111 94-6 Morrison 106.6 Sterling 121. 2 Dixon 134.5 Ashton 149. Rochelle 160. De Kalb 177.5 Geneva . 203 . West Chicago 208.7 Maywood 227.8 Chicago (Michigan and Jackson Blvds) 240. Chicago, III., July 2 and 3, 1909. 102 3°4i-3 Transcontinental Itinerary July 4, 1909. Roads good; traveled via Michigan City; via La Porte the shorter run. MILES Chicago, 111 Hammond, Ind 24.2 Hobart 42.4 Valparaiso 55-4 Westville Michigan City 2. P.M. South Bend '. 112. 1 4-35 Goshen 136. 3177-3 July 5, 1909. Roads good. 7.10 A.M. Goshen 8. Ligonier 17.7 Wawaka 24. 8.50 Kendallville 36. Waterloo 50. Butler, Ind 58. Edgerton, Ohio 64.8 1.05 Bryan 76.4 Archbold 91.3 Wauseon 101.4 3.05P.M. Toledo : 143-4 Woodville 161. 8 5.25 Fremont 176.4 3353-7 July 6, 1909. Toll at Conneaut river bridge; roads good. M. Fremont Clyde 7.5 Castalia 18. 1 Huron 33.1 Vermillion 44 -i Lorain 54-6 Rocky River 73.1 Cleveland 81. 1 Willoughby 99.4 Painesville 109.8 Geneva 126.7 Ashtabula 135.7 Conneaut, Ohio 149.6 W. Springfield, Pa 153.6 Girard 163. Fairview 166.8 Erie 179-3 3533-0 Retracing the Pioneers July 7, 1909. Roads good. TIME 7.50 A. M. Erie, Pa 8-35 8-45 9-i5 9-5° 10.25 12. Noon MILES Northeast . State Line, N. Y. Westfield . . Fredonia . Silver Creek . Buffalo . . 15- 18.6 30-3 45 - 1 56.6 9*-3 7.40 A. M. 9-35 11.30 2.45 P.M. 3-3° 4-i5 5-05 6.30 Buffalo, N. Y., July 8 and 9, 1909. July 10, 1909. Roads good. Buffalo Batavia Bergen Churchville Rochester Mendon Victor Canandaigua Geneva Waterloo Seneca Falls Auburn Syracuse 3624.3 38 54 57 74 9 1 96 106 122 129 132 147 172 3797-2 July ii, 1909. Roads good. Two toll stations between Syracuse and Fayetteville (Stone road); toll crossing Mohawk river at Schenectady. 9. A. M. Syracuse Fayetteville 7.2 Utica 48.8 Herkimer 63.9 Little Falls . 71. St. Johnsville 81.7 Fonda 101.6 Amsterdam 112. 1 Schenectady 127.8 Albanv 142.4 12 Noon 12 40 P.M. 2 3 40 4 20 5 15 5 50 104 3939-6 Transcontinental Itinerary July 12, 1909. Toll crossing Hudson river; roads good, mostly macadam. The u Post Road" along the Hudson does not afford any view of the Hudson river until Poughkeepsie is reached. TIME MILES 7.50A.M. Albany 7.57 Rensselaer 1.4 9.10 Kinderhook 20.8 10.05 Hudson 33 - 1 11.20 Rhinebeck 57-8 1.10P. M. Poughkeepsie 73-9 3.10 Peekskill 107.6 5.15 Yonkers I 34- 1 6.15 New York City (Times Square) . . 148.9 4088.5 Record of mileage somewhat inaccurate owing to detours often necessary. Time record does not show delays. Total mileage: 4088.5. Running time: 315 hours 37 minutes. Gas consumed: 449 gallons. Oil consumed: 48 j gallons. 105 H3^ * 5 Wo V / .-ate- .*£& W v v ..•: ,0 * ^ / \ *^ V... V* 9*° 3^&\ V./ •*«£•. *<^ /£ i>* HECKMAN BINDERY INC. ^ JAN 85 M* N. MANCHESTER, 4> ^ » » • »» '