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Show THE CITIZEN practically straight road in the United States. The road is paved for the entire distance across Ohio. WESTWARD entire (Continued from Page 6) 81 miles of the route in Penns- 225-mi- le ylvania is paved. At West Alexander Route 40 crosses the state line and from this into West Virginia, point sixteen miles of road have been paved across the northern section of This is the the state to Wheeling. oldest town on the Ohio river and, when the Civil War broke out, was WEST VIRGINIA headquarters of Virginians opposed to secession. It was the capital of the new state of West Virginia from On a rocky precipice, 1863 to 1885. just east of Wheeling, is a monument marking the spot from which the daring Indian scout Major Samuel McCol-locin 1777, escaped by forcing his horse over the cliffs, while attempting the relief of Fort Henry at Wheeling. the k, OHIO Two bridges cross the the straightaway road across Ohio the traveler is impressed with the directness with which the early pioneers selected the route for. the Old National Pike. Passing through the state capitals of Ohio, Indiana, and through Ohio river. upon Entering Vandalia, capital of Illinois in this 1839, highway is the longest stretch of INDIANA The highway crosses the state line just east of Richmond, Ind., a town in the midst of a rich , farming and' natural-ga- s region Richmond was settled by the Quakers in 1816. The entire distance across the state is paved. The birthplace of James Whitcomb Riley-th- e Hoosier poet may be seen at Greenfield, 44 miles west of Richmond, and 20 miles further on, .in Indianapolis, the state capital, the poet made his 151-mi- le home. ILLINOIS After crossing the Wabash river, the state line is passed between Terre Haute, Ind., and Marshall, 111. Passing through Effingham, the road leads on to Vandalia, the capital of Illinois from 18i9 to 1839, and in the court house beside the route from which may be seen the window ' Abraham Lincoln is said to have jumped during one of the sessions of the state legislature. After driving over continuous pavement through Illinois for a distance of 161 miles, the traveler reaches the Mississippi river at East St. Louis. MISSOURI At the west end of the & SCRAP IRON RAGS-RUBBERS-M- ETAL LARGEST DEALERS IN SCRAP IRON IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN COUNTRY I. "is HJttalh. Jftmrolk (Co., Inc. Carload Lots Our Specialty carry in Stock at all Times: Pipe, Angles, Channels, I Beams, We Babbitt, Rails, Pulleys, etc. 840 Phone Wasatch 2069 South 4th West MEET ME AT THE 15 rather rapid through Silver Zone Pass elevation 5,800 feet to the summit of the Pequop range elevation 7,000 feet above sea level. Along this trail a party under Elisha Stevens, sometimes called the Murphy company, passed through Nevada in 1844, on their way from Missouri to California. Then, following the Mexican war, Mormon and other traders posted themselves on this line of overland streets. three only travel to the California gold mines, and sold grain and vegetables to the -- KANSAS is the Kansas City pilgrims. starving westward-boun- d stock-yarworlds largest hay market. Its Through this trade, mutually beneficyield only to those of Chicago ial to both traveler and trader, towns in the contest of size. Long famed as sprang up in the valley of the Hum- a railroad center, this market town boldt river. of the Southwest has now an elaborBut it was the Comstock lode of ate system of five boulevards connectsilver that was primarily responsible which residence sections beautiful ing for the development of Nevada. will attract the motoring visitor. The entire lengtn of United States Route 40 across Nevada is sur COLORADO In the western states, faced with gravel or better, and is the passes over the Rocky Mountains travelable at 40 miles an hour. Pracand the Sierra Nevada range may be tically the $ntire distance has been blocked to be snow at expected any constructed with Federal-ai- d by funds. time after October 15, and remain e famous Arriving at the closed to travel until the following miinng camps of Reno, the traveler April or May. finds accessible from this beautiful Lake Tahoe 23 miles to the UTAH After crossing the Utah dty, southwest. Mt. Lassen, the only acstate line 20 miles east of Jensen, the tive volcano in the United States, is traveler soon arrives at Vernal, 17 situated 150 miles to the northwest. miles further on. Twenty-tw- o miles The state boundary is twelve miles to the southeast is the Dinosaur Nafrom Reno. tional Monument, where there are extraordinary fossil remains of the dinoCALIFORNIA Leaving Reno, the saur, and other gigantic reptiles of the road follows the Truckee river, and early geologic ages. .West of Fruitland 93 miles west at the state boundary begins the asof Vernal approximately 89 miles of cent of a long grade into the heart the route is at an elevation of 7,000 of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It feet. Included in this section, there was at Donner Pass that the Donner are 22 miles at an altitude greater party, in 1846, was caught in a heavy than 7,500 feet above sea level, with snow storm, while attempting to cross summit at Berthars the Sierra Nevada range. Of a total an' 8,000-foof 87 men, women, and children, only ranch, at the entrance to Daniels canyon. The next summit worthy of note 48 survived the rigors of starvation is at Parleys canyon, 18 miles east of and cold. Salt Lake City at an elevation of Arriving at San Frandsco some de7,100 feet. From here the road thirty days after leaving Atlantic scends rapidly to an altitude of 4,200 City at the eastern terminus of route feet at Salt Lake City. 40, one of the first sights is PortsThis dty, situated at the foot of mouth Square in the center of the dty. the beautiful Wasatch range, was It was here, on July 8, 1846, that Capfounded by the Mormons in 1847, untain Montgomery, of the United States der the leadership of Brigham Young. Portsmouth, raised the The prindpal points of interest are American flag on the plaza of the city the temple and the tabernacle, both then called Yerba Buena, and ansituated in Temple block the local nounced that the United States had civic center. taken possession of northern California. The trip across the country has bridge is St. Louis, the historic city named after Louis XV of France, and built on a site once peopled by the mound builders, a race whose habits have' been discovered from the excavations of archaeologists. Passing through the streets of the dty, and observing its typical American character, one is surprised to learn that in 1803, when Louisiana was purchased from Napoleon Bonaparte, there were only two American families here and ds 424-mi- le one-tim- ot sloop-of-w- ar NEVADA The Nevada State line is passed, 0.4 miles west of Wendover, Utah, and from here the ascent is , 26 East 2nd South been made at an average rate of 100 miles a day. This includes week-en- d stops and side trips for sight-seein- g. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. Buyers of Phone Was. 1946 MATTE, FURNACE PRODUCTS and FLOTATION LEAD ZINC ORE NEWHOUSE BLDG. . SALT LAKE, UTAH |