{"id":3166,"date":"2026-04-15T00:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=3166"},"modified":"2026-04-15T00:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:27:25","slug":"highway-woes-outdoor-populist-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=3166","title":{"rendered":"highway woes, outdoor populist painting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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…from the book the Lincoln Highway in Ohio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently reported on a talk about the Lincoln Highway for a local newspaper. This was the first transcontinental road for motor vehicles in the country. It was finished in the early 1900’s. This particular photo shows the “…crash of the Snow Cruiser” in Gomer, Ohio in the 1930’s, along the Lincoln Highway. This vehicle was being driven across the country to an east coast port, where it would be loaded on a ship headed for exploration in Antarctica. It slid off the road and into a shallow creek in Gomer — and it took three days to get it out! This, oh, probably gave the crew some concern that traversing the BIG crevices in Antarctica was going to be a bit difficult. Being the first transcontinental road in America, The Lincoln Highway opened the door for more, and more… road arteries cris-crossing America. And there seemed no turning back, even in the face of motorized transportation becoming more, and more… dangerous. We’re now at 33,000 road fatalities in America in a year. That would be like half a full airliner going down in America every day. Think about that! We’d immediately close the skies. Note: Besides writing a number of other newspaper articles the past three weeks, with a break in the weather, I also did my first outdoor painting job<\/a>. *I continue to hone my populist (painting) image — and pay for food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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