Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-01
ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY
READY THIS YEAR
Plans for Improving Roads In
Towns Where II Passes
Through Vermont Are Al.
ready Under Way-WOrk Will
Be Begun Soon

across the entire country. running for the
greater part of the way parallel with
the Canadian border, originated in Duiuth,
Minnesota. where ;he natio1?l offices Of
the association are located. The highway.
as its name implies. is to be memorial
to Theodore Roosevelt r. is expected
thai the rod, white and blue markers.
with IT. Il" in the middle. which now
adorn posts along the route OF this high
way acru5s Vermont. will he placed over
the entire route before the end of the
present season, and that the travel over
this highway IN 1920 will b. very large.
Max t. Powell. presldn:r, for Vermont
of the Rooseveit Highway association, al
ready has the State fully organized for
work this srripg and. soon as the
roads are in good condition. he Will con-
duct the committeeman whom he has
chosen. IN tha towns OF the state through
which tho route of the highway VA pass.
over the entire route In Vernon:. and
plans will be made for imprcvihs the
roads along the route. All tourists over
this route vino come through Vermont
this summer will bc well taken care of
All the scenic beauties Of the norther:
section OF the United States tire unfolded
along the route Of the Theodore Roose-
Welt International Highway. description
of these scenes which will be open to the
tourist who follows the 1T. r." guide
posts, s given by the Duluth Herald as
follows,
Here the highway crosses into Canada
an0 traversea the peninsula to Port
Huron, crossing the ferry and touring
north westward 10 tho Straits OF Mackinac.
wherc tho automobiles is again ferried.
TO 81. lgnacc. From here the route turns
westward ana skirts the southern shore
OF Lak" Superior TO Superior and
Duluth
MINNESOTA ROUTE
From Duluth the highway crosses
Minnesota through one Of the most
fascinating sections of America. n section
dotted with ryriads Of lakes and tim
hercd with pine and hemlock. These are
the north woods and tho land of the
Ten Thousand lakes. II is a beauty spot
where every mile opens up new vistas to
the lover of nature.
Crossing North Dakota plains and
wheat fields. and the praiaries of the
West into Montana and to the Rocky
mountains. stop may be made to visit
the wonderful Glacier National Park
Much Of this park is available for auto
mobile traffic and the tourist can spend
present conditions, he must ship his car
a distance Of flfty-scven miles to Bolton
at the western entrance of the park, from
where he may resume his journey by
motor.
The tourist then enters the beautiful
valley of tho Flathcad and Columbia
Falls The highway strikes the Kootenai
valley ana follows il through Idaho.
where 1t leaves the river and cuts south
west to Spokane. all the time passing
through or along ranges of mountains
branching of from the Rockies. From
Spokane the highway turns south to
Walla Walla and then westward to the
south shore Of the Columbia river, fol-
lowing this river through Northern
Oregon, through the Cascade mountains
and over the magnificent Columbia high
way into its terminus, the city OF Port
land
NATIONAL OFFICES
The national offices of the assoca ion
are located at Duluth l.. J. Filiatrault
is the president and l. w Lee the execu-
tive secretary. Each state has its own
organization. with the State presidents
members OF the board of directors The
presidents of the Eastern. Central and
Western divisions with the general secre-
tary comprise the executive committee
OF the association.
From ocean to ocean, along broad and
stately rivers, past inland seas and SHIN
mering lakes of the North, through mag
nifcent forests of pine. spruce and hem
; lock. over prairies. through awe inspiring
mountains and beneath majestic water
falls. for a distance OF almost 1000 miles
the way of the newest of transcont!nental
n lilo tl,a
welt International highway. traverses
almost every type Of scenery known to
the American continent.
| Organized at Duluth February Il, 1919
! in little over a year IL has reused an
enthusiasm that has carried it through
to success. To-day the highway. a me-
mortal to one of Americas greatest men.
| IL an established fact. constructed and
soon to be marked from coast to coast.
PORTLAND TO PORTLAND
| Beginning at Portland Me-, on the
Atlantic coast and ending at Portland,
ore. on the Pacific. the highway will fol-
low closely the International boundary
between the United States and Canada
it's greatest mileage being in the United
States. from which It departs for few
hundred miles while crossing the extreme
, southern portion of the province OF
Ontario. north Of Lake Erie.
or all the transcontinental highways
already established. or now in the max
! ing 1t is the one truly northern route
and II Will carry its travellers into and
through nearly every type OF country in
the United States with the exception OF
the swamps and near-tropical forests OF
the southland
II passes through FIVE great mountain
regions, Niagara Falls. the great timber
belts and the lake regions Of the north
the Thousand Islands in the st. Lawrence
the Glacier National Park. the Missouri
ana Columbia river valleys and through
several Indian reservations replete with
legends.
SCENERY rs VARIED
That the Roosevelt highway will carry
It's tourists through a country OF the most
varied OF scenery. from the sea level to
me tops or the greatest mountain ranges
oil America, can readily be grasped by
Following the route as il is now mapped
starting at Portland, Ne, it passes
across Maine to Now Hampshire and
over the White Mountains, then into
vermont and the Green Mountains
crossing the State line II follows the
shore line Of beautiful Lake Champlair
INTO New York and the Adirondack Noun
Jams From the lake It turns westward
10 the international boundary and down
ethe 1T, Lawrence river past the Thou
SAND Islands to Niagara Falls.
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