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Ridge Route: The Road That United California, Hardcover October 2015 updated final edition
An in depth history of California's 1915 Ridge Route highway, the 1933 Ridge Alternate highway (US Hwy. 99) and today's current I-5 Ridge Route. Considered an engineering marvel in 1915 this road conquered the mountain barrier separating northern and southern California and squelched various movements to divide California into two separate states. 2015 final updated edition with additional historic photos.
410 pages, Hardcover
Published October 4, 2015
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February 14, 2018
more travel guide than history
April 5, 2008
The Ridge Route has fascinated me because me grandparents traversed this road back in history and told me stories about it. My grandmother was originally from Tulare and after she moved to Los Angeles as a young woman and met and married my grandfather, they traveled over this road in their crank start car to visit the relatives.
They stayed at the Lubec Hotel on their honeymoon and this hotel is talked about in the book.
Another good local history book.
They stayed at the Lubec Hotel on their honeymoon and this hotel is talked about in the book.
Another good local history book.
November 1, 2010
Not the best writing, but a very interesting history of a road I've driven by a zillion times. I even remember the old 99 connector, before the completion of I-5.
August 1, 2012
I'm a bit biased as I know the man who wrote this book. Great book Scotty!
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