The last American highway : a journey through time down U.S. Route 83. The Dakotas /
Magnuson, Stew.
The last American highway : a journey through time down U.S. Route 83. The Dakotas / Last American highway : a journey through time down United State Route 83 Stew Magnuson. - x, 183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm - Highway 83 chronicles ; bk. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-177) and end notes.
Descending 1,885 miles straight down the center of the United States from Westhope, North Dakota, to Brownsville, Texas is U.S. 83, one of the oldest and longest of the federal highways that hasn't been replaced by an Interstate. Stew Magnuson takes readers on a trip down the road and through the history of the Northern Great Plains. The famous and the forgotten are found in stories he discovers in the Dakotas. Explorers Pierre de la Verendrye, Lewis & Clark, Jedediah Smith, are all encountered along with Chief Spotted Tail of the Brule Lakotas, TV sensation Lawrence Welk and rodeo superstar Casey Tibbs. The murderers, settlers, ballplayers and rail barons from yesteryear meet today's truckers, oil rig workers and ghost towns inhabitants as Magnuson launches his own Voyage of Discovery in a beat-up 1999 Mazda Protege.
0985299622 (paperback) 9780985299620 (paperback)
Automobile travel--North Dakota.
Automobile travel--South Dakota.
North Dakota--Description and travel.
North Dakota--History.
South Dakota--Description and travel.
South Dakota--History.
United States Highway 83.
Travel writing.
The last American highway : a journey through time down U.S. Route 83. The Dakotas / Last American highway : a journey through time down United State Route 83 Stew Magnuson. - x, 183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm - Highway 83 chronicles ; bk. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-177) and end notes.
Descending 1,885 miles straight down the center of the United States from Westhope, North Dakota, to Brownsville, Texas is U.S. 83, one of the oldest and longest of the federal highways that hasn't been replaced by an Interstate. Stew Magnuson takes readers on a trip down the road and through the history of the Northern Great Plains. The famous and the forgotten are found in stories he discovers in the Dakotas. Explorers Pierre de la Verendrye, Lewis & Clark, Jedediah Smith, are all encountered along with Chief Spotted Tail of the Brule Lakotas, TV sensation Lawrence Welk and rodeo superstar Casey Tibbs. The murderers, settlers, ballplayers and rail barons from yesteryear meet today's truckers, oil rig workers and ghost towns inhabitants as Magnuson launches his own Voyage of Discovery in a beat-up 1999 Mazda Protege.
0985299622 (paperback) 9780985299620 (paperback)
Automobile travel--North Dakota.
Automobile travel--South Dakota.
North Dakota--Description and travel.
North Dakota--History.
South Dakota--Description and travel.
South Dakota--History.
United States Highway 83.
Travel writing.