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This is a video travelogue about the first ever coast-to-coast highway in America: The Lincoln Highway. The video traces the history and the path of much of the original 1913 route across 14 states, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, by way of a road trip in a somewhat-restored 1978 Ford Thunderbird. Instead of a vlog or a documentary, it is written and produced as an old-school travelogue, which incorporates both opinion and nonfiction into one unified narrative. It is not meant to be viewed in one sitting-- like a nonfiction book, you can pick it up or put it down at your leisure and also browse by chapter. However, like the Lincoln Highway, I wanted it to be a continuous experience from coast to coast, illustrating the landscape and its history all the way from the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, to 42nd and Broadway in New York City, and beyond. I hope it's a trip you enjoy.

CONTENT WARNING: Scenes of animal suffering as part of a vintage news report from 1:50:49 to 1:53:24.

_____TABLE OF CONTENTS_____

1) Intro-- 00:00
2) The Lines of History-- 00:21
3) Roads Before the Automobile-- 03:45
4) A Name With Which to Conjure-- 10:23
5) A Fixed Perspective-- 15:54
6) Border of the Unfamiliar-- 20:53
7) Let Me Tell You About My Boat-- 26:21
8) Final Preparations-- 32:00
9) Western Terminus -- 35:28
10) The Hills of Altamont-- 40:28
11) The Air-Conditioned Nightmare-- 42:26
12) California Legacies-- 47:36
13) The Pioneer Branch-- 51:33
14) The Three Goals-- 59:33
15) National Automotive Museum-- 1:02:11
16) Shore of Lake Lahontan-- 1:04:26
17) The Loneliest Road in America-- 1:07:37
18) Effie's Hamilton-- 1:20:41
19) Ely, Ike, and the 1919 Army Convoy-- 1:23:57
20) Highway to the Danger Zone-- 1:27:51
21) Fruit of the Poisoned Tree-- 1:36:06
22) The Stubbornest Cuss Who Ever Lived-- 1:44:42
23) The Dugway Sheep Kill Incident-- 1:49:44
24) Gael Hoag's Final Vigil-- 1:59:43
25) Mormon Propaganda Pleasure Palace-- 2:02:30
26) Echo of the Past-- 2:07:05
27) Greetings From Eagle Rock!-- 2:10:10
28) The Bones of Piedmont-- 2:13:33
29) From the Petroleum Wasteland to Trucker Heaven-- 2:17:19
30) The Great Work of Degradation-- 2:22:58
31) Human-Skin Shoes-- 2:28:28
32) Refined Tastes-- 2:34:09
33) Relics of U.S. 30-- 2:37:25
34) 8800 Feet (The Height of Ambition)-- 2:40:28
35) Giza of the Rockies-- 2:44:38
36) The Plains of Cheyenne-- 2:49:32
37) A Discomfort with Space-- 2:53:21
38) The Denver Disagreement-- 2:59:02
39) The Big Flat & North Platte-- 3:06:34
40) The Geometry of America-- 3:12:27
41) Seedling Mile-- 3:24:49
42) Middle America-- 3:29:49
43) Rolling Out the Red Brick Carpet-- 3:33:41
44) Iowa Welcome Center-- 3:36:54
45) Manufactured Eden-- 3:41:24
46) Winds of the Derecho-- 3:51:36
47) Henry Ostermann & The Diamond of a Life-- 3:56:21
48) The War on Mud-- 4:02:53
49) We're at Now, Now-- 4:07:03
50) Intersection With Route 66-- 4:12:16
51) Indiana Dunes National Park-- 4:15:52
52) Downtown's Changin'!-- 4:23:06
53) Final Days of the Packard Plant-- 4:27:28
54) Notes From Piquette Avenue-- 4:37:13
55) The Symbols of Station-- 4:42:02
56) Ford, Freedom, and Framing History-- 4:44:58
57) Ticket to the Moon-- 4:49:53
58) 1st Circle of Mansfield, Blood Prison-- 4:55:28
59) 2nd Circle of Mansfield, Bible Walkin'-- 5:05:39
60) 3rd Circle of Mansfield, Vitiated Judgement-- 5:12:38
61) Wind of the Open Road-- 5:15:19
62) Porcelain Empire-- 5:24:09
63) Kind of Like a Strand-Type Travelogue-- 5:29:50
64) One-of-a-Kind Kind of Days-- 5:34:46
65) Into the Alleghenies-- 5:40:48
66) The Lincoln Highway Experience-- 5:46:10
67) The Turn of the Pike-- 5:51:25
68) Tower of Voices-- 5:56:22
69) Roadside Pennsylvania-- 6:01:25
70) Ghost Freeway-- 6:08:56
71) National Battlefield-- 6:14:26
72) Seat of the American Revolution-- 6:24:10
73) Boner Forever-- 6:39:17
74) The Roads Washington Travelled-- 6:44:11
75) Skyscraper Shoreline-- 6:49:36
76) End of the Road-- 6:54:33
77) American Tourist-- 6:58:50
78) The New York I Know From Television-- 7:06:03
79) Zero Milestone-- 7:11:07
80) Reflecting Pool-- 7:14:36
81) Credits-- 7:19:47

_____CONTENTS BY STATE____
Introduction: Chapters 1-8
California: Chapters 9-13
Nevada: Chapters 14-20
Utah: Chapters 21-26
Wyoming: Chapters 27-36
Nebraska: Chapters 37-43
Iowa: Chapters 44-48
Illinois: Chapters 49-50
Indiana: Chapter 51
Michigan: Chapters 52-56
Ohio: Chapters 57-62
West Virginia: Chapter 63
Pennsylvania: Chapters 64-73
New Jersey: Chapters 74-75
New York: Chapters 76-78
District of Columbia: Chapters 79-80

____Other Creators____
Reed Piernock's Blog: https://www.lincolnhighwayjournal.com/


Trip and video a collaborative effort between Nate Greene and Noah Caldwell-Gervais, with mechanical assistance from Mitty McVay.


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