Download or read book Highway 50 written by Jim Lilliefors and published by James Lilliefors. This book was released on 1993 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the author's trip along Highway 50 from Ocean City, Maryland to Sacramento, California.

Download or read book The Lincoln Highway Iowa written by Gregory M. Franzwa and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book California Highways and Public Works written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Traveling America s Loneliest Road written by Joseph V. Tingley and published by Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to what some call America's loneliest road Highway 50 between Lake Tahoe and Great Basin National Park. It takes the reader through historic mining towns, the Nevada gold belt, ghost towns, petroglyph sites, rock collecting localities, and wildlife viewing areas along the way.

Download or read book California Highway Patrol written by Rick Mattos and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California Highway Patrol has its roots in the early 1920s motorcycle traffic cops employed by counties and cities. The CHP became a separate state entity in 1929 and has grown from the early traffic enforcement role to that of one of the premier law enforcement agencies in the United States. Their responsibilities range from patrolling the freeways and county roads of California to providing security for the state capital and other state buildings to protecting the governor and visiting dignitaries from around the world. The CHP has marshaled its forces to restore and maintain peace in times of war, civil unrest, or natural disasters.

Download or read book Epic Drives of the World written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful hardback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia and Europe, to incredible adventures in Asia and Africa. Organised by continent, each route features a first-hand account, awe-inspiring photographs, illustrated maps and practical advice on when to go, how to get there, where to stay and what to eat. From Hawaii's Hana Highway and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Road, to Utah's National Park Circuit and Germany's Black Forest High Road, Epic Drives of the World will inspire any motorist to hit the open road. African and Middle East drives include: The self-drive Safari (Zambia) Crossing the Kalahari (Botswana) Passing over the Panorama Route (South Africa) Marrakesh to Taroudannt (Morocco) Cruising Clarence Drive (South Africa) The Americas drives include: The Highway to Hana in Hawaii (USA) The Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) The Pacific Coast Highway (USA) Crossing the Carretera Austral (Chile) Canada's Icefields Parkway Asia drives include: On the trail of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) Crossing the Kathmandu Loop (Nepal) Hightailing from Thimphu to Gangtey (Bhutan) South Korea: From top to toe The road from Srinagar to Manali (India) Europe drives include: Black Forest High Road (Germany) The Wilds of Abruzzo (Italy) Croatia's Adriatic coast Norway's west coast The Magic Circle (Iceland) Oceania drives include: Southern Alps explorer (New Zealand) The Great Ocean Road (Australia) Northland & the Bay of Islands (New Zealand) Following the Captain Cook Highway (Australia) Alice Springs to Darwin (Australia) About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Download or read book Road Trip USA written by Jamie Jensen and published by Avalon Travel Pub. This book was released on 2000 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers detailed descriptions of drives through California and the Southwest, with a flexible format allowing one to switch routes during a journey, and including information on where to eat and sleep, the best local radio stations, hundreds of roadside attractions, and more.

Download or read book Blue Highways written by William Least Heat-Moon and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads. William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map -- if they get on at all -- only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote, Oregon; Simplicity, Virginia; New Freedom, Pennsylvania; New Hope, Tennessee; Why, Arizona; Whynot, Mississippi." His adventures, his discoveries, and his recollections of the extraordinary people he encountered along the way amount to a revelation of the true American experience.

Download or read book Legends Lore Along California s Highway 395 written by Brian Clune, with photography by Terri Clune and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching from Victorville to Carson City, Highway 395 offers a snapshot of California's diverse landscapes - and oddities. Tales of skinwalkers and sasquatch sightings flourish among the bones of ghost towns, and stories of the elusive Lone Pine Mountain Devil ignite the curiosity. Far from fiction, the Sierra Phantom lived among the hills for fifty years, and Mountaineer Norman Clyde used his skills to find lost hikers and climbers. Rumors of the Lost Cement Mine, with a rich vein of gold, lures people in, and the Tuttle Creek Ashram, built high above Lone Pine, offers peace. Author Brian Clune explores the strange and fascinating side of the majestic mountains and lonely deserts along the El Camino Sierra.

Download or read book California Highways written by Ben Blow and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a wealth of information on early roads in California, illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and numerous maps. Covers everything: The Bureau of Highways, the California Highway Commission, type of roads and construction, convict labor, maintenance, tree planting, camp sites, State highway routes, campaigning for good roads, etc. Specific specialized sections cover the elimination of the Bell Springs Grade; building the state highway up the Sacramento River Canyon; the Sacramento-Yolo Causeway; the Boulevard around San Francisco and San Pablo Bays; the San Juan Mountain and Zaca Canyon controversies; the Tejon-Castaic Ridge Route and the Colorado Desert, etc. --from dealer description.

Download or read book California One written by Stephen Wilkes and published by Wh Smith Pub. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book California Highways and Public Works written by California Department Of Public Works and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from California Highways and Public Works: January-February 1964 Editors are invited to use information contained herein and to request prints at any black and white photographs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Ghosts and Legends of Nevada s Highway 50 written by Janice Oberding and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 287-mile stretch of highway that runs east to west across Nevada's desert is billed as the "Loneliest Road in America." But those who explore it find there is plenty to discover along the way in the towns of Austin, Eureka, Ely, Fallon and Fernley. Every one of these places has its own unique history, ghosts and stories to tell. From the sordid lynching of Richard Jennings to the humorous legend about a famous sack of flour, author Janice Oberding treks across Highway 50 seeking spirits and uncovering the tales of Singing Sand Mountain, the Red-Headed Giants, the Giroux Mine Disaster and many more.

Download or read book Highway Hearings Northen California Before the Subcommittee on Roads 88th Congress 2d Session November 20 and December 2 1964 written by United States. Congress. House. Public Works Committee and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Backpacking California written by Wilderness Press and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacking California is a collection of more than 70 of the most intriguing backpacking adventures in Wilderness Press's home territory of California. With contributions from more than a dozen Wilderness Press authors, the book describes routes ranging from one night to one week. Backpacking novices as well as "old hand" California hikers will find expert-crafted trips in the Coast Ranges, the Sierra, the Cascades, and the Warner Mountains. Expanded coverage includes trips in Big Sur, Anza-Borrego, Death Valley, and the White Mountains. Several trips have been described in print nowhere else. Each trip includes a trail map and essential logistical information for trip planning.

Download or read book SP035 A Geologic and Natural History Tour Through Nevada and Arizona Along U S Highway 93 written by Joseph V. Tingley and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on 2010 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Highway Hearings northern California written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers efforts to include Highway 50 of northern California within the Interstate Highway System. Also considers right-of-way and easement problems resulting from highway construction programs through federal and privately owned forest areas in northern California. Nov. 30 hearing was held in San Francisco, Calif.; Dec. 2 hearing was held in Stateline, Calif.