Drives this breathtaking did not come easy. Cruising down Montana's scenic highways, it's easy to forget that traveling from here to there once was a genuine adventure. The state's major routes evolved from ancient Native American trails into four-lane expressways in a little over a century. That story is one of difficult, groundbreaking and sometimes poor engineering decisions, as well as a desire to make a journey faster, safer and more comfortable. It all started in 1860, when John Mullan hacked a wagon road over the formidable Rocky Mountains to Fort Benton. It continued until the last sec... Read More
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Drives this breathtaking did not come easy. Cruising down Montana's scenic highways, it's easy to forget that traveling from here to there once was a genuine adventure. The state's major routes evolved from ancient Native American trails into four-lane expressways in a little over a century. That story is one of difficult, groundbreaking and sometimes poor engineering decisions, as well as a desire to make a journey faster, safer and more comfortable. It all started in 1860, when John Mullan hacked a wagon road over the formidable Rocky Mountains to Fort Benton. It continued until the last sec... Read More
Drives this breathtaking did not come easy. Cruising down Montana's scenic highways, it's easy to forget that traveling from here to there once was a genuine adventure. The state's major routes evolved from ancient Native American trails into four-lane expressways in a little over a century. That story is one of difficult, groundbreaking and sometimes poor engineering decisions, as well as a desire to make a journey faster, safer and more comfortable. It all started in 1860, when John Mullan hacked a wagon road over the formidable Rocky Mountains to Fort Benton. It continued until the last section of interstate highway opened to traffic in 1988. Montana Department of Transportation historian Jon Axline charts a road trip through the colorful and inspiring history of trails, roads and superhighways in Big Sky Country.
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Pages: 160
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Transportation
Publication Date: 30th March 2015
State: Montana
Illustration Note: Color sigs / inserts
ISBN: 9781626198524
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial
Author Bio
Author of Conveniences Sorely Needed: Montana’s Historic Highway Bridges, Taming Big Sky Country: The History of Montana Transportation from Trails to Interstates, The Beartooth Highway: A History of America’s Most Beautiful Drive and Montana Highway Tales, Jon Axline has been the historian at the Montana Department of Transportation since 1990. Jon is also the coauthor of Hidden History of Helena with Ellen Baumler and editor of Montana’s Historical Highway Markers.
Drives this breathtaking did not come easy. Cruising down Montana's scenic highways, it's easy to forget that traveling from here to there once was a genuine adventure. The state's major routes evolved from ancient Native American trails into four-lane expressways in a little over a century. That story is one of difficult, groundbreaking and sometimes poor engineering decisions, as well as a desire to make a journey faster, safer and more comfortable. It all started in 1860, when John Mullan hacked a wagon road over the formidable Rocky Mountains to Fort Benton. It continued until the last section of interstate highway opened to traffic in 1988. Montana Department of Transportation historian Jon Axline charts a road trip through the colorful and inspiring history of trails, roads and superhighways in Big Sky Country.
Pages: 160
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Transportation
Publication Date: 30th March 2015
State: Montana
Illustrations Note: Color sigs / inserts
ISBN: 9781626198524
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial
Author of Conveniences Sorely Needed: Montana’s Historic Highway Bridges, Taming Big Sky Country: The History of Montana Transportation from Trails to Interstates, The Beartooth Highway: A History of America’s Most Beautiful Drive and Montana Highway Tales, Jon Axline has been the historian at the Montana Department of Transportation since 1990. Jon is also the coauthor of Hidden History of Helena with Ellen Baumler and editor of Montana’s Historical Highway Markers.
