Hoosier Tour examines how the 1913 Indiana Manufacturers' Association Indiana-Pacific Tour helped generate interest for building good roads. This pioneering effort was essential to help the automotive industry grow.Today we tend to take for granted the convenience of our road system. We zip along interstates and four-lane highways at speeds carrying us 50-70 miles in about one hour. In 1913, a distance of 100 miles took nearly six to eight hours...
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