Ike's Road Trip

"All roads begin somewhere, and today's U. S. highway system began with an exploratory, cross-country ride led by 28-year-old Army lieutenant colonel Dwight Eisenhower. This is the story of that coast-to-coast journey and how the dream of connecting America with roads began . . . The 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy of eighty-one trucks and other military vehicles traveled more than 3,000 precarious miles along the most famous road of the day, the Lincoln Highway, which ran between New York City and San Francisco. World War I had illustrated the importance of being able to move large amounts of troops and equipment quickly over long distances, and Eisenhower's mission was to evaluate whether the country's emerging network of paved roadways could handle such a task. It was an experience Eisenhower would never forget."--