Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-12
TWO OCEAN T0-0CEAN
HIGHWAYS DESCRIBED
Ray Mcnamara Has Travelled
Both in Motor Car-Gives
Good and Bad Points.
From the Sioux City Tribune.

In planning q cross country trip n
might choose n Of several routes
from New York to the Missouri river.
From a scenic standpoint the route
ollowed by h premier ocean-to-ocean
tourists in July is best. Through the
of MARYLAND n Pennsylvania the
route runs yer the rolling hills Of
West Virginia and eastern Ohio, ever
good. level, straight roads in western
Ohio to Indianapolis, hen north to
Chicago. west to Davenport, Ia, then
Council Bluffs. Ia. and Omaha. Neb.
Or from Chicago. Omaha could be
reached by q more direct route, going
via Clinton and Marshalltown, Ia.
The roads across Pennsylvania are
anything but ideal. and I might say
they are as bad or probably worse
than IN other transcontinental roads.
However. this bad strip of roads can
be avoided by following the route laid
out by A. L. Westgard's transconti-
mental last fall. going from New York
up the Hudson to Albany, through
Rochester. Bufraio. Erie, Cleveland,
Columbus, Indianapolis and st. Louis.
This route Is free from long climbs
on second speed and has very few
"thank-you-mams." However, the
most important thing is choosing your
route west Of the Missouri river.
Roushins lt On the Santa Fe.
If one is going to rough 1t and en-
Joys camping and a few days away
route to follow. From Indianapolis to
st. Louis and Kansas City, roads and
accommodations are good. Leaving
Kansas City the old trail 10
picked up at Ottawa. Kan, and from
this point OH the tourists have splen-
AA A~AN
nights stop. The Harvey hotels are
just far enough apart to make q good
days run and are located at Newton,
Hutchinson. Dodge City and Syracuse,
Kan: Lajunta and Trinidad, Colo,
and Las Vegas and Albuquerque, N.
N. Beyond Albuquerque q camping
outnt Is eeded as no hotel accommo-
cations can be had for several days.
The worst sand Of the trip IL encount-
cred a few miles west Of Albuquerque.
Sixty miles farther the railroad is left
behind for q stretch Of 500 miles. A
lava bed IL followed for 100 miles and
the continental divide 10 crossed at
10.400 feet. Trails are hard to follow
In many places and for quito q few
miles 1t is necessary to travel by d.
.rections until Springerville 10 reached
In Arizona.
A Night With Cow Punehsrs.
at Springerville tourists can stop at
q boarding o and enjoy . night
with the cowpunchers: Leaving
,Springerville there IL . 20-mile climb
TO the summit Of the White mountains.
In November there 10 much snow on
the summit for eight miles through
the forest reservation. but when Cool
ey's ranch is reached on the west side
Of the mountains the road conditions
change for the better. The road would
be fair in wet weather and good In
dry weather. From Fort Apache to
dlobS to Roosevelt dam ana TO Phoe-
nix. there are good government built
roads for the purpose OF fretghting
supplies into the fort from Globe and
for hauling freight and building ma
terials from Phoenix into the Salt
River valley and Roosevelt dam coun-
TRY. From Phoenix across tho desert
into southern California travelling by
motor car 10 easy except In . few
places where It - necessary to run
Ia the washes from the mountains
However, the roads are hard ana good
'moot Of the way and after cFoo0inG