Transcontinental Motor Convoy - Background

Background

U.S. events prior to 1919 convoy
Date Event
1903
1907

1911
1912
1912
1913-07-28
1914-11
1915-08-25
1916-07-11
1917-07-04
1917-12
1918-06-02
c. 1918
1918-12-01
1919-03-27

 1st transcontinental trip by car.
1st US Army truck purchase.

The Boy Scouts created the Automobiling merit badge.
Packard truck carried 3 tons from New York to San Francisco.
The United States Good Roads Association was formed.
US Army Alaska expedition used a White Motor truck.
The Army reported 1½ ton trucks as superior to 2½ ton trucks.
Transcontinental motor convoy by film crew.
1st Federal highway funding legislation (five year plan).
Flagpole memorial placed at west Lincoln Highway terminus.
US Army convoy from Detroit to an "Atlantic Coast port"
The US Army School for Truck Drivers had "just opened".
Chicago-to-New York City convoy set Army distance record.
90,727 WWI trucks had been produced for the Army & Navy.
The Ship-by-Truck Association was formed.

The United States' Good Roads Movement of the late 19th century began as increased use of bicycles required better surfaces over the existing wagon and carriage roads. The development of the automobile and their increased use resulted in the formation of the United States Good Roads Association and various individual cross-country trips by individual vehicles, followed by the first transcontinental trip by a convoy of vehicles.

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