The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-15
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] TOUR ENDED
,...,od With Dust and Mud Of
sot6 Miles Ford Cars Return
pfNNy-GIffORD PARTY
y, Inscription of Tour Which Covered
S.,,,v Half of Country-Cars in Fine
" Condition on Their Return

~, car covered with the nlud ant
~. oi sol6 miles running, i'll fifteen dit
s sls,, States and in New York, Pcnnsyl
~ s';, Ohio and Georgia twice, and over
'aD S;ods Of roads from modern asphalt
- the old WORKOUT stone roads, ovei
w w. and mountains, and through val
~. rivers creeks, sand and mud axle
~ ~ all OF which were encountered II
~ %h lonq tour which began June It'll
VI ended Thursday night at $ p. m.
~, Mr. Penny and party reached Their
Nm, at Vero, having run from Altoona
= that day a distance OF l76 miles
,hah shows the cars were none the
,ar,e for their long grind.
n, Penny weighed his car just south
4 Milan, Mich, tipping the scales at
,,,o pounds with everybody on board
nj IN the regular running condition
nd shows they were carrying a load OF
noroximately 1000 pounds.
Three hundred and nineteen gallons OF
u,oine and ne gallons of oil were
Spumed while eight new tires were
ned on the trip. and 1928 worth OF new
MI, were used on the car during the
attire trip, and only one breakdown
,hih is most remarkable, when the dis
upse and roads is considered, occurred
the early part of the trip near Char
hte N. c., when key was sheared of
n the rear axle. The repair was made
II the roadside, and the journey re-
Mmed the same day.
A great deal of interest has been
hOyn in this trip because of its unique
nture, great length, and the fact that
FORD cars were used, and few were
uprsed to see the same cars come
hex, but Mr.. Penny freely offered to
isp up with any car in St. Lucie
county between Fit. Pierce and Jensen
Though he had not had an opportunity
10 even put a wrench on the machine
kbre coming to town, and undoubtedly
rom the way the car ran, he would
have been there with the goods had any
body taken him up.
Passing up through middle Florida the
National Highway was followed through
Atlanta, Ga, Greenville, 5. c. to
Greensboro, n. G.. to Richmond; Va.
where the 4th OF July was spent. From
Richmond to Stanton the Blue Ridge
Mountains were crossed through Rock
Fish Gap, and the famous Shenandoah
valley followed as far as Winchester,
where the Blue Ridge mountains were
again crossed to Washington, where
three days were spent before resumlng
/ DE journey to Gettysburg, where part OF
! day was well spent on the historic
battlefield. From here the route lay
through the Delaware Water Cap where
he river breaks through mountains
kautiful drive along the river for miles
. nearly Port Jervis, N. Y. From here
% Nyack OH the Hudson the Catsklll
Mountains were passed through, and the
kfy taken for Tarrytown, N. Y, and
gam at Rye, Long Island Sound was
crossed to Sea Cliff Oyster Bay, going
nearly around the island. The ferry was
'galn taken at Port Jefferson for Bridge
pr (16 niles. From Bridgeport a
modern. oiled State road runs to Boston,
saeIe Bunker Hill monument was the
cnei point OF interest. From Boston
.Meord, N. H. lthe most eastern point
= NE tour, was passed on the way to
sum0nt where the party spent about
" weeks visiting relatives in and
aeSut East Bethel
VI Monday, August 7, the party again
.ssumed their journey, going via Mont
EUR and Burlington, VT, across Lake
SSpawmplaln via Grand Isle to Plattsburg,
AZ = T. and down through, the Adiron-
~ mountains to Saratoga, visiting the
S;s'uOus Au Sable Chasm ell route from
s''a'oga, Utica and Syracuse were
Esxo on the way to Buffalo and
. Sssara Falls. From here the route lay
: 'y the southern shore of Lake Erie
S,eVeland and Detroit, passing
A. 0Isn the section of country where all
n sadlng brands of grape juice are
~. v. Nothing but grapes are grown
!. az u immense territory.
AK ;M Detroit, the Ford factory was the
M, ~. interest, However, as six miles OF
/ s'ie is required to go through all OF
~ y needless to say this party didn't
81, = Of 1t. From Detroit. the next
~ 'c o. interest was Mammoth Cave
~ S'ncinnati, Lexington and Louis
hs.xSere passed through on the way.
ms cave one day satisfied all.
6;I ssn mere are 1870 miles of the cave
o Sss oeen surveyed.
& NY W. Mammoth Cave the route was
ID dssnvllle, Huntsville. Ala, Atlanta
i ~wn the National Highway again
GU. south Georgia. when the storm
houbis. was encountered, the only real
ss OF the entire trip began. All
49, were overhowing, roads
= gut and bridges gone-two days
s.out thirty miles each day and