Mountain advocate., 1919-12-26
BARBOURvILLE ON ROUTE on
PILGRIMAGE TO DIXIE
HIGHWAY IL

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That which no doubt will be the
greatest good roads demonstration
ever pulled on in our history is beg
ing planned by the Chicago Motor
Club. for a great automobile pill
grimage to the scene Of the Dixie
Highway dedication at Knoxville,'
Tenn. which will take place in June
1920. 81
Charles NJ. Hayes, of the club, Is
emphatic In his statement that there
will be from 500 to 1000 cars in line
on the day this motorcade starts
for the Sunny South. Over 200 cars
have already been pledged ~
The plan willNbe to camp out at
each stop. Tents will be erected
and a city of from two to five thous-
and inhabitants will spring up each
night. Arrangements will be made
at the various towns along the line
for supplying meals for this vast
crowd. Service trucks will take care
of the nat tires and the balky motors
Two or three army trucks equipped
with wireless telephone outfits, will.
establish communication along the
route which will extend over twenty
miles. A mimeograph will furnish
printing facilities for the publication
Of daily paper. A mayor and
board of aldermen will be elected to.
take care of matters coming before
tribunals of that nature. I
The country thru which the tours
lists will travel abounds in scenic
beauty and historic interest The.
round trip will be over 1000 miles.
and will take about ten days. Knox
Vile. the objective point of them
is a picturesque city Of about 30,
900 inhabitants, in the foothills OF
the Clinch mountains. 1t is one of
the most important cities ~ the
South. Is. ~
Camp Zachary Taylor. near Louis.
vile, will, no doubt, be onesof the.
places visited by the party y q
The Chicago Motor News ,say
"The completion Of the. rpad iki
Nj. vernop.to the- Gusahszs ~.
1.-THE Dixie HIGHWAY and Booneway
using the same route between these
points, )will be an event Of national
Importance, as it will establish a de-
pendable highway between Chicago
and Florida.
Louisville, Frankfort. Lexington,
and Crab Orchard all are points OF
great interest to the traveller and
lovers OF history. At Frankfort we
will see the last resting place and
tho monument of Daniel Boone, the
great frontiersman, and one Of the
finest State capitol buildings to be
found In our country. Lexington,
1.-The heart of the Bluegrass" the
realm of the race horse and largest
tobacco market in the world. is the
old home of the great statesman,
Henry Clay. In the cemetery, at
that place, is also found towering
monument erected to the mill Boy
of the :Slashes," Ashland" the ia
nous residence and home of the dis
ltinguished man, has had very few
changes and looks nearly the same
as It did in 1865, and is a mecca
for many tourists.
Crab Orchard, and her famous
springs of medicinal waters, is also
spot of great beauty, located amid
the foothills OF the Cumberland
mountains. Near this point is the
first brick house erected in Kentucky
built and occupied by the celebrated
Colonel William Whitley, who was
slain in the Battle of the Thames
at the time Tecumseh, the noted
Indian chief met death. This dwell
ing Is in a splendid state of preser-
walton tho built more than lis years
ago.
DIT. Vernon, the most widely ad-
vertised little place in our country,
is the home town OF Colonel Jim
Maret, the Boone Way Man" who
with his little old battered type
writer" along with work aud enthu-
siasm. put Boone Way on the map
and ION to Cumberland Gap" over
"Boone's Trail"
The Louisville division of Boone
Way and the Dixie Highway form
ajunction at Mt. Vernon.