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1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy
In the summer of 1919, a young Lieutenant Colonel named Dwight D. Eisenhower participated in the first Army transcontinental motor convoy. The expedition consisted of eighty-one motorized Army vehicles that crossed the United States from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco, a venture covering a distance of 3,251 miles in 62 days. The expedition was manned by 24 officers and 258 enlisted men. The convoy was to test the mobility of the military during wartime conditions. As an observer for the War Department, Lieutenant Colonel Eisenhower learned first-hand of the difficulties faced in traveling great distances on roads that were impassable, and that resulted in frequent breakdowns of the military vehicles. These early experiences influenced his later decisions concerning the building of the interstate highway system during his presidential administration.
- 10 Photographs along the convoy. 1919
- California Dinner in Honor of the Trans. Convoy
- Daily Log
- First Transcontinental Motor Convoy 1919 via Lincoln Highway
- For Expert Mechanics, Greatest Automobile School System,
- Good Protection For Driver, Unknown source.
- Hello Frisco, Sept. 1, So Long Washington, July 7
- Motor Convoy Arrives 3 P.M., Thursday, July 31, 1919. Grand Island, NE
- Motor Train Ends Run, NY Times July 13, 1919
- Motor Truck Caravan to Cross Continent, NYT July 16, 1919
- Overview, Eisenhower Foundation Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 3, Fall 1984.
- Report on First Transcontinental Motor Convoy
- Rock Island Arsenal
- T. T. and T Division Report on First TMC
- The Army Transport Train schedule. Unknown source. Scheduled for Thurs. July 31.
- The Lincoln Highway. The Story of a Crusade that made Transportation History
- War Department Annual Reports, 1920
- 62-287 (Ike)
- 65-857-5 (Firestone home)
- 65-857-6 (stop at Harvey Firestone home)
- 70-520-1 (Eisenhower Collection)
- 70-520-2 (group photo)
- 70-520-3 (at the Firestone homestead)
- 81-17-11 (luncheon)
- 81-17-14 (Brett and I)
- 81-17-15 (Again the Packard)
- 81-17-16 (B off the road)
- 81-17-18 (Helping along a B)
- 81-17-22 (accident to Dodge)
- 81-17-25 (worth 10c per acre)
- 81-17-28 (Hoping it will hold)
- 81-17-35 (Nebraska Sand Hills)
- 81-17-36 (Eisenhower Collection)
- 81-17-37 (Packard in Nebraska)
- 81-17-38 (Eisenhower Collection)
- 81-17-39 (Prairie Land West Nebraska)
- 81-17-40 (West Nebraska)
- 81-17-41 (East Wyoming)
- 81-17-51 (Eisenhower Collection)
- 81-17-55 (Eisenhower Collection)
- 81-17-57 (Salt Lake City)
- 81-17-59 (Eisenhower Collection)
- 81-17-65 (Black Point - Western Utah)
- 81-17-66 (Open type copper mine)
- 81-17-68 (Western Utah)
- 81-17-71 (Eisenhower Collection)
- 81-17-9 (Stuart with bag of sage hen)
- 81-17-99 (Eisenhower Collection, Firestone homestead)
- 86-19-109 (K.C. Downing Collection)
- 86-19-111 (K.C. Downing Collection)
- 86-19-190 (K.C. Downing Collection)
- 86-19-235 (K.C. Downing Collection)
- 86-19-237 (K.C. Downing Collection)
- 86-19-240 (K.C. Downing Collection)
- 86-19-253 (K.C. Downing Collection)
- 86-19-270 (K.C. Downing Collection)
- 86-19-43 (K.C. Downing Collection)
- 98-3-130 (Edward J. Mantel Collection,Liberty turned over)
- 98-3-136 (Edward J. Mantel Collection, this is where the work was)
- 98-3-140 (Edward J. Mantel Collection, The whole convoy, Utah)
- 98-3-140 (Edward J. Mantel Collection, The whole convoy, Utah)
- 98-3-29 (Edward J. Mantel Collection, clean up)
- 98-3-41 (Edward J. Mantel Collection, Laramie, WY)
- 98-3-42 (Edward J. Mantel Collection, Chicago)
- 98-3-68 (Edward J. Mantel Collection, through)
- 98-3-70 (Edward J. Mantel Collection, Utah)
- 98-3-72 (Edward J. Mantel Collection, First day in Wyoming)