U.S. History
6 Highways That Shaped America
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In 1903, a Vermont doctor named Horatio Nelson Jackson drove from San Francisco to New York in a Winton touring car and became the first person to traverse the United States in an automobile. At the time, there were no more than 150 miles of paved road in the country, mostly concentrated within cities. The path that Jackson traveled was along rivers, mountain passes, flatlands, and the Union Pacific Railroad, and what roads he did encounter between cities were, in his description, “a compound of ruts, bumps, and ‘thank you m’ams’ [sic].” The trip took ...Read More
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U.S. HistoryFact0During WWII, the U.S. coded messages in the Navajo language.
Navajo Marines were dubbed “code talkers."
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U.S. HistoryArticle76 Highways That Shaped America
Let’s look at when some of the country’s biggest and most vital interstates were built.
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U.S. HistoryFact0The Civil War started and ended on the same person’s property.
The 1860s brought war to the doorsteps of many Americans, but none as literally as Wilmer McLean, who witnessed the beginning and end of the Civil War from his own…
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U.S. HistoryFact0Nebraska’s abbreviation was changed from NB to NE in 1969.
The Canada Post asked the U.S. Postal Service to change Nebraska’s abbreviation in order to avoid any confusion with New Brunswick.
