That Ribbon of Highway
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Highway 99 from the Oregon Border to the State Capital
by Jill Livingston
“The road topped the crest of the Siskiyous, cut through a 4000 foot mountain pass chiseled out of solid rock, headed sharply downhill and south, and in a couple of miles crossed into a part of California sitting on the southern threshold of the conifer-covered Pacific Northwest. Over 900 miles later it ended in a sweltering desert valley on the border of another country. In between, it bisected the state neatly into East and West. On its way south, it crossed mountain ranges, wound through tortuous river canyons, bee-lined across broad valleys dotted with magnificent oaks, passed through fertile fields and orchards, made its mark on innumerable settlements large and small...This was Highway 99.”
With maps and photos included in this book, from your armchair or automobile, discover history and adventure down old Highway 99 as you slow to the leisurely pace of 1950.
by Jill Livingston
“The road topped the crest of the Siskiyous, cut through a 4000 foot mountain pass chiseled out of solid rock, headed sharply downhill and south, and in a couple of miles crossed into a part of California sitting on the southern threshold of the conifer-covered Pacific Northwest. Over 900 miles later it ended in a sweltering desert valley on the border of another country. In between, it bisected the state neatly into East and West. On its way south, it crossed mountain ranges, wound through tortuous river canyons, bee-lined across broad valleys dotted with magnificent oaks, passed through fertile fields and orchards, made its mark on innumerable settlements large and small...This was Highway 99.”
With maps and photos included in this book, from your armchair or automobile, discover history and adventure down old Highway 99 as you slow to the leisurely pace of 1950.
