Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
1900 MILES OF RED
WHITE AND BLUE SIGNS
Will Mark the Roosevelt Interna-
tional Highway, Extending
from the Two Portlands, With
Good Roads and the Finest of
Scenery-The Route

Any notorist who IS DESTROYS Of travel.
ing over 1900 miles of the finest scenery
| in the United States, over as good roads
as can be found in the country, will
have the opportunity during the summer
of 1920 by simply folio wing the official
red. white and blue T. r. emblem OF the
Roosevelt international Highway, which
will be found extending from coast to
coast, Portland. Me-, to Portland, Ore.
Max l.. Powell, president for Vermont
OF this great coast-to-coast highway
announces that the markings of this
route will be complete in the early sum-
mer, SO that the autoist can follow the
now highway without stopping to ask the
way.
The route mapped out by the Theodore
Roosevelt Memorial Highway assooia-
ton for this tourist trip across tho coun
try is given below. Starting from pors-
land, Me-. over improved highways. the
Roosevelt highway passes through the
White Mountsins in New Hampshire and
into the Green Mountains OF Vermont.
entering the State at st. Johnsbury and
coming across the State to Burlington
by a very scenic route by the beautiful
lake country Of Danville, Walden and
Cabot. across through Plainfleld and
Mnrsnfield to Montpelier, and thence to
Burlington by route which gives excel
lent views of the highest % the Green
Mountain peaks, Mount Mansfield
From Burlington, the route continues
through the islands of Lake. Champla.n
and across the lake to Plattsbursh. ~ Y,
thence over the famous New York state
highways through AusatIo Chasm, Will
mington Notch. Lake Placid. Paul
Smiths and Saranac Lake to Malone.
This part of the route is known as the
Adirondack Mountain section,
From Mal5ne. the route continues to
Massena and Ogdenaburs, where the
principal office of the New York State
section Of the Roosevelt International
Highway is located. Then comes Alcxan-
dria Bay and the Thousand Islands,
Clayton, Cape Vincent and Watertown,
the part OF the route known as the St.
Lawrence River and Thousand Island
section. It is said that the stretch of
highway between Massena and Morris
town overlooking the dashing rapids in
the st. Lawrence river. is one of the
most attractive parts of the highway.
From Watertown, the Roosevelt high
way extends to Oswego and continues
along the southern shore of Lake Ontario,
to and through Rochester and along the
Niagara Falls. Then it breaks into
Canada for the only time during the 1000
miles. From Niagara Falls, the route
goes through the garden of the Cana
dian country to Sarnia, Ont, then cross
ing the river into Michigan and through
the scenic part of northern Michigan and
Wisconsin to Duluth, Mimi, at the head
of the Great Lakes, where is located the
Duluth Commercial club. the organiza-
ton which started the idea of the Roose-
welt International Highway and where
President E. j. Filatrault and I. w.
Lee, secretary and treasurer, reside.
By the delightful scenery of the 10000
lakes, the highway passes through Min
nesota and crosses into Dakota at Grand
Forks, following the matchless scenery
of Devils Lake into the State of Mon
tana, where it passes through the we'll
known Glacier National Park. one Of the
wonder sections of the world. Here
opportunities are given for side trips
TO Yellowstone Park, noted for its world
famous geysers.
From there the route continues through
the mountain scenery, rivers, cascades
and waterfalls of Idaho to the city of
Spokane, Washington State, and from
thence westward along the justly cele-
brated Columbia river TO the Pacific coast
terminal at Portland, Ore.