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Title:

From Hell Gate to Portland : the story of the race across the American continent in Oldsmobile runabouts told by the men who rode and the man who looked on.

Publisher:

s.n. ;

Copyright Date:

1931

Description:

46 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Reproduction Info:

Photocopy. Portland : Edd Whitaker, 1995.

Subject:

Huss, Dwight.
Megargel, Percy F.
Abbott, James W.
Transcontinental Good Road Tour.
National Good Roads Convention--(1905 :--Portland)
Automobile racing--United States.
Oldsmobile automobile.

Notes:

"On May 8, the start was made from New York City, Dwight B. Huss driving "Old Scout" and accompanied by Milford Wigle, of Detroit, while Percy F. Megargel, driving "Old Steady" was accompanied by Barton Stanchfield, of Lansing, Mich."--Foreword. "... race first proposed by James W. Abbott ... The route to be traveled was laid out under his direction and advice, and starting with the racers at New York, Mr. Abbott followed them from point to point by train"--P. 5.

Contents:

How the man who watched viewed it -- How Huss tells it -- As Megargel tells it.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56672797

Locations:

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)