Let's begin with some answers......John Dillenger created a "look like" handgun from a bar of soap to fool the jail keepers into letting him escape from jail. So kiddies, always wash with soap after you go to the bathroom....you never ever know what may happen.
The running back who was drafted to replace Willie Gallimore was Gale Sayers from the University of Kansas.......see Marcus, they actually have had some talent on the KU football team!
The two famous road systems we have been on are: 1) Route 66. and. 2). The Lincoln Highway
I need to add a third.....The National Highway
Today they are known as the following. 1) Interstate 44. 2). U.S. 30. 3) Interstate 70
President Eisenhower is known as the father of the Inerstate System. After directing the Allied troops across Europe, and dealing with the logistics in moving men, artillery, and machinery he championed the need for a more expedient way to move trucks and traffic throughout the United States. The National Highway was actually the first road system commissioned by the government and was designed to "go over and through" the Allegheny Mountain range. It went from Washington
D.C. to St. Louis and created something called "The Cumberland Gap" which we went right through....in the car over the top of beautiful mountain ranges....Beth, following the river system below on old rail car lines that were generally flat and unable to be seen from "above". The rail system which owned the "right of way" was the Cheasapeake & Ohio ( C&O) and the Baltimore & Ohio ( B & O)...now known as The Chessie System....of which I worked for for two summers while going to college.....yes, I can drive a spike, replace a broken railroad tie, throw a switch Etc.
The beginning and ending points of each: I am not going to do all the work for you, after all I am retired, and have many pressing obligations. If you went to school in my generation, you had a geography class and should know the answers if you stayed awake. Or get out an Atlas. Millennial's are asking...what is a geography class or an Atlas? They have a Maps App on my Smartphone....The Gen x'ers say I got a map, but don't know where it is....just. Google it.....Millenials say just get it on a Twitter feed, so I don't have to push a button.
Well I got an answer for all of you.....get off your butts...use your thumbs and get the answer....or better yet, plan a driving tour so you can experience what this great country has to offer. The people, the sights, the places...make some new relationships....take your kids, and their kids if you can and make the most of your family time....it will pay you off in more rewards than you can envision.
When I was growing up, and television started advertising, a singer by the name of Diana Shore was the spokesperson for Chevrolet. All of their advertising ended with the ditty of a song....See the USA, in your Chevrolet, America is asking you to go........Google it, because many of you have NEVER heard it. We have been seeing the USA, on her bike, and in my Toyota, and it has been a GR8 experience!
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