ASIN: B00DX52RLO
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 291
As automobiles began to crowd horses off America's roads in the early 1900s Carl Fisher was making battery-powered headlamps in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was always looking for a way to promote automobile use to sell more headlamps and he was one of the businessmen who raised money to build the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and launch the most famous auto race in the world. In 1910 Fisher invested in land in Florida and he now had reason to promote not only automobiles but a destination for all those new motorists as well. Fisher had been an energetic cheerleader for the Lincoln Highway that was the nation's first transcontinental road project and in 1915 he began spreading his ideas for an interstate highway between Chicago and Miami. More than 5,000 enthusiasts representing over 100 communities showed up for a meeting in Chattanooga where the Dixie Highway Association was formed. There ...
